The loop is found! To make a long story short, the UMVMA SMTP machine was generating the duplicates. I was tricked by MAILER, he was getting fresh copies from SMTP each time, so my first thought was that they were comming in on the network multiple times. Thanks for the replies. Len Rugen, Sr. Systems Programmer E-Mail-C4322LR@UMVMA Information Technology [log in to unmask] University of Missouri 401 Clark Hall Columbia, MO 65211 314-882-9237 cc:Mail [log in to unmask]