Thanks to the list for all the help. To Douglas for reminding me to HOLD the list while the operation was in process, and to everybody who suggested alternate mail programs. I wound up downloading and installing PCPine, which took the file without complaining. Ben said, among other useful things, > - Mail programs that do work, though you may need to become > familiar with their features: MS Internet Mail, Netscape Mail, > Agent. In fact, though, Netscape doesn't. At least Netscape 4.7's mail utility doesn't. When I tried to paste 227K into the message slot, it just froze. In the event, the entire process took about three minutes . . . -- Russ __|~_ Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Professor of English St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~