Sylvia, the problem is that in the real world there is no "reply" button on junk mail. You just throw it away. In the electronic world, you'll find dozens of bozos willing to do "reply all" to let the world know that they aren't interested in Skinny Thigh(TM). Then more bozos will do "reply all" to let the original bozos know that they are bozos, and after a few iterations your system administrator will say he has to put the entire server on hold for a few days ;-) Eric