Hi Bob, > but would suffer compared with Ken's approach in that deleted messages > would still be reported
I don't think they would; mark(1) doesn't output removed messages, whether by rmm(1) or through the filesystem. $ p -seq bob last:3 3 hits $ mark -list -s bob bob: 96916-96918 $ rmm 96917 $ mark -list -s bob bob: 96916 96918 $ rm `mhpath 96918` $ mark -list -s bob bob: 96916 $ -- Cheers, Ralph.