I have always read messages from email lists by starting at the first unread message, letting the message be read automatically, and then pressing Delete if I am not interested in saving the message or replying to it later. If I want to save the message, I press Escape and move it to a "saved mail" folder specific to a particular list. If I want to reply to a message, I wait to see what other replies have been posted, which many times makes a reply unnecessary. Unfortunately, reading email with JFW 9.0 Beta this way doesn't work very well since JAWS often waits about 5 seconds before speaking the phrase "message deleted" after the Delete key is pressed. When this happens, more often than not, the next message is not read automatically, making it necessary to perform a Say All. This problem occurred with the original version of the Beta and is still happening with the update. Gary King mailto:w4wkz@xxxxxxxx