it sounds like you have the preview pane checked, I know you have been told to close it, i have several email addresses, some i have it closed and some I have it checked one advantage of having it checked, when you open your email in outlook express, as you down arrow thru the folder list, if you tab into the email it will start reading it, without opening it, as long as, in folder options, you uncheckread messages then you can either shift tab or tab twice, back to the folder list as long as you have closed the address book as suggested by this list, to increase security of outlook express, curmudgeon les From: "gezimi" <gezimr@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 6:22 AM Subject: Messages open without pressing enter Hello list friends, When I go through Outlook Express message list arrowing up and down, unexpectedly most of the messages get open, without having pressed "Enter" at them at all. This problem has occurred quite recently to me, and it is giving me a hard time. Has anybody faced this kind of problem before. I really look forward to your advice. Regards, Gezim -- 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 -- 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