I'm not accusing any one of that in the least. I use Google Check out a lot. One take out place I fax in an order. Then I call them with my card number all the time. vp On Jan 27, 2011 3:17 PM, "Shawn Badger" wrote: Sorry, I replied off list unintentionally,. Thanks getting it back on the list. Yes, this was post 911. There are many regulations that regulate how credit card number are handled within a company. But there are some consumers that don't use the checkout process on the site or have problems during check out and and just say send me this and here is my credit card number to charge it to. I think this is the type of email he is wanting to block. By masking the credit card number before it hits the main mail server they can prevent the number form being stored in the archive system and transmitted across their network. The email will in theory be sent on to some one that can call the customer back to get the order placed (and hopefully give a little educational advice at the same time). Yes, there may be some scammers tring to buy things this way, but for the most part it is someone that isn't very tech savy that is just trying to buy something. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, gm5729 wrote: > You are talking a post 911 wo...