Nope you cannot edit it. I'll find an old message with that feature and forward to the list as an example. Dave Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 19:18 Subject: RE: Thread-topic You are correct. If whatever is embedded in the message I think it is edit time. Cy From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:01 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Thread-topic Cy, I think it's different than that. In some messages, a template of some sort can be used, and I think the topic or subject is embedded in the background, so to speak. You'll notice this when you read the first line of some messages and they give something like a subject. Then arrow down and you start reading the actual text. If you reply to such a message, your reply will contain that topic/subject in the first line, with your reply following. It's completely separate from the subject field. I don't know how to clear this out, except by copying the subject into a new blank message, or perhaps by changing the message from an html/rtf format to a plain text format? Dave Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 16:58 Subject: RE: Thread-topic Bill, If I understand you correctly: In Outlook after you hit "reply" shift/tab to the subject line and change it then tab to the message portion. This will change the subject line of any who respond to *YOUR* message. The problem that I have noticed is that many people respond to many messages but only the direct thread you changed will reflect the new subject line. HTH Cy, The anasazi From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill White Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:53 PM To: jfw mailing list Subject: Thread-topic Does anyone know how to change a "thread-topic in a message? My problem is that sometimes I receive a message, and a topic is displayed at the top of the message. Even after I change the subject of the message, the same old thread-topic message continues to be displayed at the top of each succeeding message when it is replied to. Can a person change this when replying to a message? Thank you. Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5602 (20101108) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com