cr> Also, please apply this patch to bbdb.el. cr> --- bbdb.el~ Fri Oct 23 09:04:10 1998 cr> +++ bbdb.el Mon Oct 26 10:53:00 1998 cr> ＠＠ -2873,8 +2873,6 ＠＠ cr> (if (not (fboundp 'add-hook)) cr> (fset 'add-hook 'bbdb-add-hook)) cr> -(run-hooks 'bbdb-load-hook) - cr> (defun bbdb-insinuate-sendmail () cr> "Call this function to hook BBDB into sendmail (that is, cr> M-x mail)." (define-key mail-mode-map "\M-\t" cr> 'bbdb-complete-name) cr> ＠＠ -2882,6 +2880,8 ＠＠ cr>  (provide 'bbdb) ; provide before loading things which might cr> require cr> + +(run-hooks 'bbdb-load-hook) cr> (defmacro safe-require (thing) cr> (list 'condition-case nil (list 'require thing) cr> '(file-error nil))) Joy! Many thanks. Is it worthwhile explaining for the benefit of the less well grounded why these bugs seemed to bite differently depending upon the placement of `(require 'bbdb)'? Under the present scheme is `(require 'bbdb)' advisable at all? jam