In a message dated 4/3/2006 12:57:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, BogusWoody@aol.com writes: I, too, am one that has lost valuable e-mails from AOL's unusual deletion practice. After knowing that an e-mail was "safely" saved in my personal filing cabinet, I would delete the one in the "IN" basket. I was not aware that AOL 9.0, when one deletes an e-mail in the "IN" basket, also deletes the same e-mail that is in personal filing cabinet. I lost many e-mails until I discovered through this list what was going on. I do not save my mail in the personal filing cabinet. I made a folder on my PC and that is where I save my mail. This thread has gone long enough. Let's end it here. Lloyd