I generally use commands like: /foo\|bar/:M /baz/:+ to mark foo & bar as being of general interest, and to mark baz as being of special interest. I can read the + selected items first, and (optionally) then Yank back the M marked items, and read those later. Since David is + selecting items by hand, that doesn't help him much, but if he could move his general interest selections to a command (kill) file, then he could auto-select messages by author, subject, or thread; M mark-to-return what was auto-selected, then select by hand. What I'd like is to be able to put any trn command into a command file, so I could auto-select; then auto-Mark, and similar. -- Denis McKeon ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390