This (with-temp-buffer (message-mode) (message "Prepare to infloop! Arming ...") (string-match "^\\([ ]*\\(\\w\\|[-_.]\\)+>+\\)+" "_______________________________________________\n") ;; not executed if must quit from string-match == infloop (message "That was a rather short infinity!")) infloops for me in my current process, but not if I take out the call to message-mode, and (unfortunately) not at all in a fresh invocation with -vanilla. I suspect a problem with the syntax table, but that's as far as I'm going to get today. I would appreciate it if people would let me know what results are for a fresh invocation -vanilla, and also if Gnus users with a well-used Gnus invocation would see if that gives them an infloop. Also in 21.4.recent. Other suggestions? -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.