various people wrote: [various things about email stalking, kill files, and whether AOL has 'em] No, AOL does not have kill features, but between rebooting their overloaded computers they are adding new features to their email system... Having recently subscribed to both cypherpunks and savoynet, I only now have my first real need for mail filtering, first in many years of doing email. Hey folks, it ain't something my mom is going to figure out any time soon. procmail (which several of you very nicely mentioned to ignorant me, thanks again) has about the worst man page I have ever seen--imagine hiding the "SEE ALSO" section near the beginning of a man page? Now that I have also found the procmailrc man page and have some examples (thanks pierre) I will soon be shunting you folks into a different cubby hole from Mikado and leap year discussions. Related note: when was the last time you successfully explained how to use PGP to a "normal" ( <- be honest here) person? The "real world" (which now *does* include email) needs better tools than this. If you expect CNN reporters to even know that man pages exist you are in for a disappointment. -kb, the money-in-mouth Kent who will donate user interface design work to c'punk-type efforts to make this stuff easier... -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg@world.std.com kentborg@aol.com Proud to claim 24:35 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!