Sharon, My preferences are not set to retain mail. The mail that is saved is from a variety of dates. Your explanation of the lines would make sense except that some of the messages with lines only instead of subject and sender listed are availabe. Judy In a message dated 7/1/2006 5:03:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: > Did you have your preferences set to "Retain all mail I read in my Saved > Mail Folder"? If so, that might account for their being there and you not > remember actively saving them. Since the subject line and sender are just a > line > and the mail is not currently available, I would expect both of those to > resolve at the same time. When the mail becomes available, the subject and > sender > will be shown. Remember, the mail kept in the default 'Saved Mail' file is > under the control, to some degree, of AOL. >