Hi. I created a hotmail account to see what you are up against. Generally, web mail is not as convenient, in my opinion, as pop3 ir imap using a client such as Outlook Express. To read a message, hit Enter on the link of the sender. To get to the messages efficiently, I hit f to get to the checkbox associated with the first message, then arrow or tab from there. My cursory look didn't show how you compose a new message, but under options, under Hotmail navigation, you can change the tabs so that the choice to compose a new message is visible. When replying is possible, you will find a link to reply on the screen where you read the message. Hope this gets you up and running. Dean -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx