Hi Steven et al, there is an easy way to fix this, instead of all this unnecessary discussion here. You can set your email program to exclude the message. Here's how to do it: in outlook (and every email program will have a similar setup program): on your pulldown menu along the top, go to "tools" select "options" Select "send" then, untick "include messages in reply" Click "ok" Bingo!! no more extra rubbish in your own reply. this is vvery easy to do and doesn't require any input from PBS, it's all in your own computer program. regards, Bill Richardson Ixiaking West Gippsland Victoria, Australia Summer 16c to 36c at present http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/