Hello again, I thought I better let you all know I was getting some bad feed back from the computers list concerning the use of the preview pane. So I went on a search and came up with the following. Guess I'll be disabling mine. ~Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Cook's" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 9:41 AM Subject: outlook express "The message preview pane in Outlook Express is really nice and useful, but it comes with the risk of catching a worm or virus by just previewing a message. That's why it is best to disable the preview pane for security reasons in Outlook Express. To disable the preview pane in Outlook Express: a.. Select View | Layout... from the menu in Outlook Express. b.. Make sure Show preview pane is not checked. c.. Click OK. a.. You can also click Apply to put the new settings into effect without closing the configuration dialog." ~ Heinz Tschabitscher http://email.about.com/cs/oetipstricks/qt/et122201.htm "More Outlook Express tips you can use" http://email.about.com/c/ec/1.htm