How does one "clip" forwarded addresses, etc when forwarding messages. They are getting to be miles long. Every time I try to highlight and delete the junk the whole message disappears. As always I appreciate this helpful site.

If these are direct forwards you should be able to highlight just the addresses and delete them.

Or try just highlighting a few at a time. Perhaps you are highlighting something other than just the addresses if the whole thing disappears.

Or you could try manually deleting by placing your cursor on them and delete letter by letter.

Or copy/paste into a text editor and edit it there.

Or you can forward as an attachment:

To forward an email as an attachment without revealing all the addresses in it:

* Save the message you want to forward as a .eml or .msg file.
* Open the saved message in a text editor like Notepad.
* Delete all the email addresses you do not want to reveal.

o Usually, you can simply remove the To: and Cc: lines completely.

* In your email client, forward the original message as an attachment.
* Before sending the forward, however, delete the automatically generated attachment.
* Attach your edited .eml or .msg file instead.
* Continue composing and delivering the forward as usual.