Yes, the standard unix mbox files that reside in /var/spool/mail/username are ASCII text files. However, the discussion was regarding maildir mailboxes, which are a different beast, and mbox stuff doesn't apply to maildirs. Greg On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:56:29PM -0500, Garrett Klein wrote: > > Actually, the mailbox is just an ascii text file. I've found that just > touching the required filename works nicely. > > Garrett > > -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org