\_ SMTP quoth Kevin Buettner on 12/11/2002 13:05 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ On Dec 11, 12:57pm, David A. Sinck wrote: \_ \_ > I think the RE symbol you missed was the ^ anchor. \_ \_ My guess is that Lynn was having trouble getting . to match \n. Using \_ the 's' qualifier enables this. Lynn kept saying 'first', and to me that tends to mean ^ shows up someplace. David