I have been hit by a virus which came as an attachment called README.TXT.pif from someone off the list If you have been receiving this attachment which you couldn't open, and kept getting wierd messages with the attachment, follow this link http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@xxxxxxx I am now getting the same mail from Chris Parnham and Adam Ogden. This MAY WELL BE just my computer, hence the test messages. Martin