My thanks to all the rest who had suggestions. I am more interested in a faster way to extract the attachments than I am in trying to use what data are there as I read the mail. So anything that ends up with 1 or more extracted files is fine with me. It is basic laziness on my part. Martin McCormick _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list