the only thing I can think of, Darlene, is that when you compose a new message, your default email address is being used and maybe that is not the email address that is subscribed to this group? However, when you reply, generally your email program uses the email address that the mail was sent to and that's the one you are subscribed under. The tip I sent out before for people that use more than one email account might help you...here it is again: If you are subscribed to mso under some address other than your default address, when you don't choose the correct address, your mail is sent from the default and you receive an email from freelists telling you that you are posting from an address that is not subscribed. Here's the easiest way to fix it....go to this page and subscribe again, using your default email address: //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso Just enter your default email address and hit the Go button Within a few minutes, you will receive an email from freelists telling you that address has been subscribed....immediately go back to the url above and enter that address again, but in the dropdown, where it says "Subscribe", choose "Turn vacation mode on" and hit Go again. Now your default address is also subscribed but it's on "vacation" so you will not receive mail at that address....HOWEVER, when an address is on vacation, you can still SEND mail from that address...so, this way you will only receive the group's mail under the address where you want to receive it, BUT you can send mail from both that address and your default address. You can do this with as many addresses as you want. Currently, I'm subscribed to this group under three different addresses, but I only receive my mail under one of them cuz the other two are on vacation...however, I can reply to posts and send new posts from any of them. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darlene Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:34 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Darn Languages! I don't know why I can respond to this message, but not post one myself. Can someone help me out here, I have a question of my own? ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************