Been mentioned before, but the way you prevent attachments is by having a size limit on all posts -- pick something between 100 and 250 depending on the type of list you have. Most people use 100; I use 250 because sometimes we forward important material that needs to go out in a longer form; 500 lines cut up into two posts is easier to handle than 500 lines chopped up into five posts! And a 250 line limit will stop the attachments -- which do indeed blow up the digest. The command to put in your header is: * Sizelim= 100 or 200, or 250, or whatever. Mary