Thanks Jim but no that is not what I am talking about. I am not talking about expanding and shrinking but a setting in Outlook Express which say if you write to me and I reply, your origional message will not appear. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: jim To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 7:09 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Outlook Express Query go into view menu , then into current and scroll down to "group messages by conversation" select it, done. However, this doesn't always work for some reason. HTH Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Burke To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [access-uk] Outlook Express Query How do I display only the message sent to me and not the thread of messages?