I tried reproducing the problem with the latest source in CVS, but had no problems. 0.65 is rather old, please try again with the latest version. [njh@mac tmp]$ clamscan --mbox f f: OK ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Known viruses: 20667 Scanned directories: 0 Scanned files: 1 Infected files: 0 Data scanned: 0.00 MB I/O buffer size: 131072 bytes Time: 2.497 sec (0 m 2 s) [njh@mac tmp]$ cat f >From - begin 644 byebye byebye end [njh@mac tmp]$ -Nigel -- Nigel Horne. Arranger, Composer, Typesetter. NJH Music, Barnsley, UK. ICQ#20252325 njh@despammed.com http://www.bandsman.co.uk