Hi Francesca, I donn't know if you can exclude specific recipients or not, it would depend on the particular email program in use. There is certainly a use for this sort of thing, as well as the return receipt requested reply in a business setting and I've used them both for business myself. Don On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:56:27 +0100, Francesca Diodati wrote: HI Don and all, is there a way to exclude certain recipients when setting the out of ofice replies and return receipt requests? This way we could use these features without affecting lists we're on. Thanks Fran To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.