Ok. This moring it seems to be working. The only change that I remember making was in the new_file subroutine.

it was:
open(NEWFILE,">$basedir/$mesgdir/$nfn\.$ext") || &error("Error writing file $basedir/$mesgdir/$nfn\.$ext - Please check your permissions. Sorry.");

it's now:
open(NEWFILE,">$basedir/$mesgdir/$nfn\.$ext") || &error("Error writing file $basedir/$mesgdir/$nfn\.$ext - Please check your permissions. Sorry.
$!");

Oh, here is a question, in the ojtemplates dir. should the files have an extension? I've got them in without an extension and with ".txt"

Either way, I'm really excited to have these apps going. Thanks for developing them.

Gratefully,
- Joe