The second one was checked - the first not. My backup is from the end of January. Not that recent, but not too terribly old, either. Additional information.... It seems like the download isn't completing. I get the mail, it's filtered to the proper mailboxes, but then I don't get the "incoming mail" and the letter in the tray. Then, if I go to take Eudora down, it tells me that there are still tasks running. I also have the program set to automatically download every 10 minutes. After an hour, there are 7 tasks running - like the first didn't finish to allow the next to start. Does this make sense? Anyway, I'll take Eudora down again (there are 2 tasks running - probably the initial download that didn't complete, and the one message I tried to send), and copy over the ini file from my backup. I'll let you know what happens as soon as I'm back up and running. Thanks, Sandy At 11:26 PM 4/7/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Sandy, first go to TOOLS/OPTIONS and click on "Background Tasks". Make >sure the following are checked: > >Bring error window to front >Bring task status window to front > >However, from your post, I don't think this is going to help. It sounds >like something has gone haywire on your system. Hate to say it, but >that's what it sounds like. And, it's probably nothing you did to cause >it. It just happens from time to time. That's Windows. > >Have you backed up critical files on your system lately? If so, you can >restore the Eudora.ini file from the backup and see if this solves the >Eudora problem. If you didn't backup up Eudora.ini, I don't know what you >can do, short of a complete reconfiguration of Eudora from the >Tools/Options menu. > >Check out the "Background Tasks" first, then let us know if that >helps. We'll go from there. > >SgtGeorge > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi