another option- you should put all input values in a session variable., sender,receiver,message then create a function that will dump those in a table you may call "sent messages" that may includes name of sender, receiver, message, and date&time of sending. this far too easy, with a sprinkle of creativity you can widen this concept.. thats it.. pls inform me if you have found your answers to your question. gtg.. codename:earth