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ok please ignore my rather ongoing stupidity. I briefly scanned my manual and didnt find this. so figured since everyone here should be experts on this function with so many questions asked. . Does this require a specific mail server e.g. sendmail? Thank You, Jon Yaggie www.design-monster.com And they were singing . . . '100 little bugs in the code 100 bugs in the code fix one bug, compile it again 101 little bugs in the code 101 little bugs in the code . . .' And it continued until they reached 0