Mary and all, This was also the subject of a U. S. Government advisory from the Computer Incident Advisory Committee at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. You may find the full text of this advisory at http://ciac.llnl.gov - scroll down and choose bulletin I-077a, "Mime Name Vulnerability...." Art At 11:01 AM 7/28/98 , Mary Sheehan wrote: >I read the following in today's San Jose Mercury News.* I thought it might >shed some light on our email problems. Because the article is copyrighted and >can't be reproduced, those who are interested can go to the "Merc's" web page >and read the complete article. >http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/front/docs/security28.htm > >*"Email systems open to attack Security gap: Messages susceptible to booby- >traps could affect millions of users." (Front Page story) > >Mary Sheehan >