look at READFILE() in the UDF forum...

then do something like:

look for value in element 2

$file='c:\dir\file.txt'
$array=readfile($file)
for each $line in $array
if instr($line,',')
$user=split($line,',')
if trim($user[1])=''
? $line
endif
else
? $line
endif
next

or

just look for @ symbol in the line

$file='c:\dir\file.txt'
$array=readfile($file)
for each $line in $array
if not instr($line,'@')
? $line
endif
next
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