Thank you Phil, just spotted your reply. I suppose your way would prevent future stuff like greater and equal etc. but from those you have I thought maybe the Stripper would strip out extraneous matter. I have a friend who sends me Emails with long lists of names I ask her if she can cut out the numerous other parties which must be every family member she and her spouse have plus the congregation of his Church If I want to send them on I think I can chop them about a bit Phill clayton did try some months ago to show me how to chop them about I fear as yet I didn't do it well. Finally You do not mention the point I made about Spam do I assume there is no cure for this? Once tagged they are tarnished for ever, getting stuck in Spam boxes and not even getting to be read and they may be important, I discovered in my Spam box and important message that I tried to forward had been in there for days. If not at my end it can be deleted at another parties end I know the thing to do is to try and make sure they do not come in tagged as Spam but try as I may I have no control over that. Best Wishes Dorothy ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq