On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 18:34 +0000, Randal, Phil wrote: > grep -c "from=<deborah" maillog* > maillog:22 > maillog.1:2421 > maillog.2:2153 > maillog.3:14 > maillog.4:37 > Just take of the last 'h' from your pattern(from=<deborah) and see what are the results The senders ids are like /^debora.*/ Thanks Ram