Hi Keith, I just had a look at the IChat preferences. I do not see any way to have incoming messages read automatically. In the message tab of preferences, I didn't see anything relating to having anything read, just stuff about color and font and reformat. How do you get your incoming messages read automatically? Mary > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >