Got a little question here and if the answer is "no, can't be done" I'm not asking for a code rewrite (this time ;-) ). I generally don't edit the list logs, as I think they should be "inviolate," to the extent possible. If someone asks for an unfortunate item he sent to be deleted my answer is always "no" (if I won't edit out my own embarrassing items (and I've got some great ones) I'm not going to do it for anyone else). But sometimes some things come through with artifacts, from whatever source, which cause problems with some people's mail systems in one way or another. These I will edit to get rid of the offending material so it doesn't cause problems with db searches in the future. The first of two questions is this: is there a way for me to get the particular item, using a database search, edit it and put it back in the log, or do I have to get the entire log, do the editing, and put it back, which is what I've been doing? Next, the items causing the problem (digests and db output are truncated at the same spot) have in common quotes which include overly long lines (they were marginal in the original but when the quote is added you no longer have the original line arrangement). For example: > Blah blah blan... blaaahhh . > > New paragraph blah... Would that, by itself, cause some mailers/editors to truncate the message at the end of "blaaahhh?" Douglas Douglas Winship Hays County, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner MEDLAB-L