I'm crossposting this to mu.vms because this really isn't a modem problem.. > mail messages, which I can't even download because the temp files can't be > created. And you can't use acuired space for this purpose. To get these files, I've had no problem extracting large mail files to temp space. In fact, I regularly do this to archive my old mail when my space runs out as well. Typically, I move all the messages I want to download into a single folder, and then do an EXTRACT/ALL temp:mail.txt -- this will put my mail into my acquired space, where I can then download it. Is this the process you're using? James ---------------------------------------- James McCutcheon --- JRMCCUTCHEON@MIAVX1 ---------------------------------------- How can you tell a chemical fire from an electrical fire? With a fire distinguisher, of course!