>More possible help here: > >http://www.okinfoweb.com/moe/ thanks bob practically the first thing you see on that home page is Good Evening! It's 9:29 P.M. on Friday, October 5, 192001. heh adrian, you might want to check Repairing Corrupted Folders http://www.okinfoweb.com/moe/mail/mail_024.htm i had looked at Saving Mail Messages http://www.okinfoweb.com/moe/mail/mail_026.htm a long time ago, but never followed up on it, because although it has a great explanation of outlook express folders, the method it outlines results in each message becoming a physical file... not terribly practical if you have many many thousands of messages... rudy