Hello all, I'm affraid I might be hitting my head against a brick wall with trying to conquer Outlook rules but I'm rather stubborn so if this is getting boring please don't shout at me too loudly. Can anyone tell me why this doesn't work Line A gets run then Line B and then Line D!! Line C doesn't get run at all! Option Explicit Public WithEvents oItem As MailItem Public WithEvents oInspector As Inspector Public WithEvents oInspectors As Inspectors Public WithEvents oControl As CommandBarButton Private Sub Application_NewMail() ' New Mail Dim oFolder As Object Dim oNewItem As MailItem On Error Resume Next Set oFolder = GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) Stop 'Exit Sub MsgBox oFolder.Items.Count For Each oNewItem In oFolder.Items.Restrict("[Unread] = 0") oItem = oNewItem StripHTMLBody ' Line A ' oItem.Save Next ' Line D End Sub Private Sub StripHTMLBody() ' Take the HTMLBody and comment it out and move it to the bottom Dim body As Object Dim html As Object body = oItem.body ' Line B html = oItem.HTMLBody ' Line C ' If there's an HTMLBody, convert it to plain-text oItem.HTMLBody = "" oItem.body = body End Sub TIA Regards Lisa ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************