Phill, Do you know if Thunderbird will retrieve mail from Hotmail.com accounts? They have something proprietary "we have decided to postpone retiring DAV" I wonder if Thunderbird can handle the DAV format or whatever that is. Vern > Sorry Harold - never having used Outlook I don't know exactly what the > "Preview" does. I can't think of any setting or command which might be > the equivalent. Maybe you shold try some of the Mozilla sites - there > are quite a few and they are very good at solving most of these > "equivalent" questions. ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.