Terri Lynn, I wonder how large your inbox and other OE foldrs are? I'm wondering if there is some compacting/expansion occurring in the background which is consuming memory. Folder compacting appears to be a resource intensive operation. Steve Lansing, MI -- 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