>My problem is that I don't understand well how filters work. The >documentation seems to say that the the new message will be in a temporary >file, and that my REXX script should accept the name of the temporary file >as the first line parameter. But how will I know the name of the temporary >file? At the beginning of your Rexx program, use the command PARSE ARG filename recipientlist Then the variable "filename" will be set to the name of the temporary file.