On 08/16 08:06 , Jim Crumley wrote: > I just use the mailstat script that comes with procmail. It > reads the procmail log and gives info on number of messages to > each mail folder. To get daily reports you could just put it in > a cron job and have cron mail you the results. whatddya know, someone solved the problem already! thanks for the tip. I should have googled for something like 'count incoming messages procmail' rather than immediately jump to the conclusion I needed to write a counter myself. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com