I maintain a list archive as a full-text database (along the lines of what Humanist does or did) for a list of which I am the chief administrator. One problem we come across regularly is the differing formats for the "From:" line. Of course the tag itself is standard, but the format of what follows is not. For example, I've seen the following (I'll use my own name and address as an example): From: William Schipper <[log in to unmask]> From: "William Schipper" <[log in to unmask]> From: (William Schipper) <[log in to unmask]> From: Schipper, William <[log in to unmask]> From: William [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> (The last one actually occurs with an AOL.COM address attached to the family name). There are other permutations possible. Is there a way for LISTSERV to standardize this so that it always comes through as in the first line? My alternative is a perl filter, or something similar which will strip out the unwanted characters (I'm working on that). But since LISTSERV is such a powerful program, do I need to resort to that workaround? bill -- Dr. W. Schipper Email: [log in to unmask] Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4528 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7