Hi, I'm noticing an appalling number of posts on new topics that are being sent as replies to earlier posts. This is a poor practice and for those with mail readers that support topic threading, makes that feature much less useful. Please! When you're starting a new topic, post a new message, DO NOT USE REPLY! (Sorry for the shouting, but this is rapidly becoming my new pet peeve.) For those using KMail, there's a way to repair messages that are sent as inappropriate replies: 1) Create a new filter (I call mine "Sever Reply Links"). 2) Match any of these conditions: 2a) In-Reply-To matches regular expression "." (exclude the quotes) 2b) References matches regular expression "." 3) Filter Actions: 3a) Remove Header In-Reply-To 3b) Remove Header References 4) Make sure all "Apply" options are *dis*abled. 5) Add the filter to the Apply Filter menu Now when you get one of these "replies" that is really the beginning of a new topic, you can move it to the top of the thread hierarchy by applying this filter. Randall Schulz