ok, to change the header you would use something like my_hdr From: xxx xxx at y.z here's a complete copy of my .muttrc file for your benifit set help=no ignore * unignore To Date From: Subject Reply-To X-Operating-System X-Useless-Header my_hdr From: Shaun Oliver <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> my_hdr X-Useless-Header: Look ma, it's a \# sign! my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a` hdr_order Date From: subject to cc Reply-To X-Useless-Header X-Operating-System -- Shaun Oliver "Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone." EMAIL: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO: blindman01_2000 MSN: blindman_2001 at hotmail.com AIM: captain nemo 200