imho, dump outlook distress and stick to a grown up application. Makes life a lot simpler. cheers! Gordon From Glorious Devon, England. email: gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alex-acts2v4 Sent: 11 September 2004 16:02 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Using Outlook Features when I do not use it for my E-mail client Hi all, I am using XP home currently and my E-mail client is Outlook Express 6. I currently have my account set up in Outlook XP as well but only for the purpose of backing up my E-mails. Now I want to use the appointments feature in Outlook to store on the computer appointments I am making in advance of their date, e.g., Hospital appointments made a month or so in advance. Could I use this function ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq