My Eudora 5 works the way you say your old one did. I like that feature. Evelyn At 02:12 PM 12/04/2001 -0800, you wrote: >--=======24BF2C86======= >Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-315C716C; charset=us-ascii; >format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >This message is from a new subscriber so I apologize if this issue has been >raised and replied to previously. I have checked out the online manual and >the configuration settings without any success, also posted an inquiry on >PC 911 but no one has answered. Sorry to be so dense about this. > >I have recently upgraded Eudora with version 5.1 (sponsored) installed over >version 3.x and am in the process of configuring the new program. In Eudora >3, whenever I checked for mail the screen activated and displayed the >number of messages being downloaded along with a little meter showing the >progress of the >download. In Eudora 5.1 the incoming messages download quietly in the >background with no indication of either the number of e-mails or the >progress of the download. At the end I do receive a message alert. > >Is there any way I can restore the original feature of version 3, that is >to be notified about number and progress of message downloads? > >Thanks very much for any assistance with this problem. > >Elizabeth Tilton > > > >--=======24BF2C86======= >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; >x-avg-checked=avg-ok-315C716C >Content-Disposition: inline > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 > >--=======24BF2C86=======-- > > >==== EUDORA-MAIL Mailing List ==== >You can contact the List Manager at: >debala715@yahoo.com > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237