Hi This "works" zip - *txt|mutt -s'send a zip file of all txt docs' eric -a - on 'V' in mutt received mail gives: -> I 1 <no description> [text/plain, quoted, iso-8859-1, 96K] A 2 - [text/plain, 7bit, us-ascii, 0K] With the top one being a legal zip file - only problem is that you have to name the file when saving it, cause it is nameless. Also the encoding says test/plain but when you save the attachemnt, you get a legal zip file. Is there a way to force a file name, this should help mutt get its encosing statement right as well? -- Eric Smith Fruitcom.com Amsterdam