Dude, You should worry anytime Outlook is running. If you have a pulse, you get spam. Wait, no, you don't need one... I see messages like you described in my html-enabled mail program, but never in my text-only one. So I think it does have to do with badly formed html. I don't have it figured out yet. Looking at headers and "source" can help. Barry -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu