Hi My Preview pane remains a "blank white space" until I physically select a message in the "top" pane. I have "Automatically open next message" selected in the Tools>Options>Viewing Mail and yet this doesn't seem to be working. Anyone know what's wrong? Eric Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.