I came accross this bit of code: if contenttype[:10] == "multipart/": mimemsg = mimetools.Message(sys.__stdin__) boundary = mimemsg.getparam('boundary') ......... What is the significance of the [:10]? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail