> Unfortunately, some unscrupulous mass emailers use your reply as > CONFIRMATION that your address is good, so you move from unknown status > to 'got a live one...' > > I use the DELETE key liberally and never reply to these messages. I was going to say something along these lines but Ben has done it better. They don't care what reply they get, any reply in any manner means they have a live address rather than a dud and that is often the only info they are interested in. Douglas Douglas Winship Hays County, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner MEDLAB-L