now that is what I often do especially from my computer groups and you're right as it is easy - just click on the envelope and it opens - but the mail I have is still in the .dbx form. Mentioned in an earlier e-mail that I compact every day - part of my clean it up routine :-) thanks for the suggestion - Dolores ----- Original Message ----- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 7:58 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: question #1 regarding ability to click on links in an e-mail and open in OE I move stuff from OE that I want to keep to outside OE--into a folder for mail in C:\ so that helps keep the OE system cleaned. Highlight, file, save as, choose your location and save. You can get back into whatever by just double clicking on the mail file and it opens right into OE. Need to compact OE evey now and then too. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: question #1 regarding ability to click on links in an e-mail and open in OE Delores Check how much you have in your OE totally and in folders. I have found that it did many quirky things when too full. I lost folders and even had it shutting off my connection when trying to download into certain folders. In 98SE I tried to keep my whole set of folders under 800 mb. I just changed the folder I was storing my files in and started a new OE and imported a old folder as I had time to deal with the mail. I was in a bunch of graphic groups back then. lol But it did stop the quirly things without a reformat. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk