Hi Marion, Well I have just given in and joined aol - let's see if this sorts it out, at least as far as Yahoo and Hotmail are concerned. That was ridiculous. If I use Yahoo through Outlook - which you can do - my ISP somehow stops the replies getting out. Interestingly your mail got to aol some time before my Yahoo Messenger informed my that your reply was in Yahoo so perhaps this will be better. Still can't get into Yahoo to check it - keeps giving page can't be displayed. Stupid thing. Maggie