Boffin(s) is such a great word. In "The Peoples' War," Nigel Calder says that its origin is uncertain. Anyone have a further explanation or clue of where it came from? About saving email - just my two cents about what I do, which may be obvious and/or inefficient to other computer boffins/mavens etc. but it works every time. At my job, on the sly, I don't have time to figure out or mess with folders. I highlight the whatever I want to save, hit control/C then move over to Microsoft Word. I paste it into a Word document and then save that (File toolbar, click on "Save As") to a floppy. If there are any formatting irregularities that carry over from the original document I deal with them later when the corner office management has gone home. There may be twenty or more very good reasons why another method may use less memory or be quicker to do but I don't know them. I'd be willing to bet that this is the method Holden would have used since he seemed to be an impatient guy, or he'd have gotten one of his girlfriends who was computer savvy to "...take care of that Goddamn software stuff and all..." Buddy would probably have always been there to help Seymore do it, but Seymore probably would have kept it all in his head. And Franny or Zooey re: earlier postings, would be emailing with Laptops in the bathroom. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com