On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:55 AM, Josselin wrote: > forgot to mention what I wwrote until now : > >> to_string.split(%r{\r\n\s*}) which gives me teh addresses >> separated by \r\n , but I missed the addresses separated by spaces You can split() on any whitespace characters with: to_string.split That seems easier than a regex to match an email. James Edward Gray II