Hi Paul I feel for you and your problem. May I ask if you can send e-mails not using a black screen background as this is not possible for sighted people to read. Any chance that for some reason the e-mails are hidden. I'm not sure about looking for this, but it may be in View if you arrow down, in case the hidden or expand and colapse view is turned on. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Halligan To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:14 AM Subject: [vip_students] mislaid e mails hello gang i had e mails in my inbox and created a new folder to move certain ones from certain senders to that new folder. i highlighted the e mails i needed to move and did so , but this morning tho the new folder is still in existence, the e mails i moved to it are nowhere to be seen. they are not 'unmoved' in the inbox either. i have run a search in outlook for them, checked the recycle bin and deleted items in outlook express but no sign of them . can anyone help me track where the bermuda triangle is on my computer? hopefully paul h