Got it was doing just as it was told wasn't Dumb computers and well?? Thanks to all Gene Hi Gene. That's one I've never seen before. The only thing I can think of is this. Are you using the Preview Pane? If so, go to Tools>Options (in your inbox...not inside a mail) and click on Other tab, then click on the Preview Pane button and UNCHECK where it says to "mark messages as read in preview window" However, if that doesn't do it, try running Detect and Repair from Outlook's Help menu Good luck...let us know how you do. Linda ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************