====================== I think you'll find James that the issue is not with Outlook, but with the mail server, which will be set up (as most servers are) to not delete mail until the download is finished. ====================== Precisely. My question is whether there is a way to tell Outlook to "finish" --- "in the middle" --- that is, to stop in the middle in an orderly way --- so that the server WILL delete the downloaded mail because the download is "finished". ========================= I think you are pushing the practical limits of dial-up to be downloading 1000 emails (some with large attachments). ========================= Tell me something I do NOT know. James S. Huggins ... ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************