I think what was being talked about was that a lot of spam now comes as embedded images which unpack into ads for the usual stuff. It's actually been going on for a few years but I guess as the other stuff gets more and more effectively blocked this form becomes more salient. Thus far I don't know of any good filter for these. Common spam software seems to rotate or vary these slightly so it's not as simple as comparing to one you've seen before. Since the image formats are compressed, usually gif, tiny changes can ripple through the entire encoding. -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Login: Nationwide Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*