Hi, im just writing a simple script to SMS message my cell phone when an e-mail arrives and include the subject and first few words... The problem I'm running into is that i dont know how to determine through my script if i'd already downloaded the message before. I'm not deleting the messages from the server when I check them. If anyone knows of the way mail clients do this, could you please let me know? Thanks in advance. Also, i want to do the same thing for news headlines off a website... im not sure how to make sure im not sending myself duplicates... Thanks, Dan White _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activeperl