Hi CathyAnne and Dave, My tech friend looked at my Current View, and removed the checkmark by unread messages and put it by messages. This time old deleted messages appeared in my Inbox as well as unread messages. I deleted the old messages, and read new messages without deleting them. Thankfully, when I exited Outlook and then returned to Outlook, there were no longer old deleted messages in my Inbox, and my read messages were still there. It's strange that Outlook 2007 would do that, but the bottom line is I shouldn't have panicked like I did before. So now everyone will be happy to know they don't have to hear about my read messages problem anymore. Becky