Using dd to cut a large mail spool file blindly cuts it at some random place. It would be better to split it at the beginning of messages. An email message begins with the string "^From ". I played a couple of minutes with csplit(1) (context split), which looks like a possibility, and used to understand, but it's been 10-15 years since I've used it for anything, and couldn't quite make it work. But I'll bet with a little experimentation you could use that to divide the file into multiple spool files. -- Lynn David Newton Phoenix, AZ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss