greetings
if there are reasons not to "manually edit" the mail_subject-string you  
could try:

echo Subject: ![repl(repl(mail_subject, "<", "!<"), ">", "!>")]   
>>*mailflm

hth
/per

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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: LSimonsen /internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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>  
> This has worked well in the past now I have a special case
> The string I am echoing for a script input to a program has a  
> single greater
> than character in it.  the string is
> Subject: from: #S494LARRY,MGR.VALPAC<MGR.VALPAC>
>  
> I use the command
> echo Subject: !mail_subject          >>*mailflm
>  
>  since the string variable has a greater than the command  
> interpreter seems
> to try and input from that file and the group does not exist  
> hence the error
> (watch for the wrap on the command)
>       echo Subject: from: #S494LARRY,MGR.VALPAC<MGR.VALPAC>
> >>*mailflm
> NONEXISTENT GROUP  (FSERR 51)
>  
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