Hi Kirsty and all, I decided to give Spybott a try and thanks to Kirstey's advice and what she passed on from another list member's previous message I have it working now. I gave up on deon's suggestion after a bit as it was not completely free and I did not want ot have to pay for it since it only asked for payment in American currency . and Alexander Shannon ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq