Ruth wrote <I tried the suggestion made earlier of clicking the box on the left and then using the drop down menu to read the mail, but I was not able to get that idea to work. I may have been doing something wrong.> Ruth, When you check the box left of the message you want to read, the"buttons" in the bar right of the "Write Mail" button go from "dim" to "highlighted". When they do this, click the one the says "Action". When the drop down menu opens under the Action button, click on "View Message Source". This will open the email! Jerry