I am pretty sure that kill files work silently. THe whole point is to not be bothered with mail coming from a person. Haven't heard from Sternlight in awhile.... :) As for AOL, I am not sure what mailer she was using and if she even knows how to use such things as killfiles. Prehaps someone could get an account on AOL and investigate what is offered in this area. It would be great if the oldones could inform the newones... though it's hard. Prehaps we should write a book... -lile