Hi Guys Sad to say I was unable to import the message files into OE on my friends machine. However I did leave them intact on his desktop with the "Read only" attribute disabled. He will take it to whomever he finds in the yellow pages of the locale he lives in. Thanks due to all for your input. Eric Eric Furman PO Box 7541 Wellesley Street Auckland New Zealand -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.