I suspect it may or else we'll be downloading mail to Windows Mail or another stand-alone email client eventually--just like everyone else does. One of the features I always LIKED about AOL was their email system as it always seemed safer to me--not downloading attachments unless you specifically wanted to download them. Joan PS: They have already taken the step of adding headers to internal AOL mail and making the mail system a bit more compliant with Internet standard. In a message dated 2/12/2010 2:56:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nlpakkala@aol.com writes: Joan, I sure hope that doesn't happen! Nancy