correction.... right after I posted, i realized that i was 
looking in project t11 (my naming convention) to see files 
written, but this latest experiment, using include/omit 
parameters, HAS written a few files (4) to the message 
folder, but it is STILL writing those damn index pages to 
the messages folder (which i am trying to suppress with my 
exclude parameter

so i still need help, but i wanted to correct the error of 
my statement that no files whatsoever were being written

I cant understand why I cant simply give it a txt file list 
of the 1100 urls and have it simply down load them for 
me ....  thanks for helping this dummy