got it! i had to have my block of code look like this: if ( $file = file ( $filename ) ) { foreach ( $file as $line ) { if ( $line != "" ) { $line = trim($line); echo ( $line . "@mdah.state.ms.us" ); echo "\n"; } } } else { echo ( "Couldn't open $filename" ); } -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php