Morning Brian, Over 50 ex Wizz Kid here, nostalgic maybe , sad no - I played the cards that were dealt, the winner had a better hand. Enough said. OE5 Tools Menu - Message Rules / Blocked Senders List :- Add your blocked sender , if you haven't already. If you do the above then messages are retrieved to the deleted items folder - as you say Alternatively experiment with the options below ( remove blocked sender first ) :- Click on the "Mail Rules" tab and then "New" View the options and select the ones that are most appropriate for this sender. Perhaps :- "When the from line contains people" "Delete it from the server" I'm not sure you can do both blocked sender and mail rules for the same sender. When I tried it , the sender was blocked , but the message remained on the server , suggesting the blocked sender overrode the mail rule. Suggest you set a mail rule for your own e-mail address and send yourself a message - if it blocks OK then change to the real e-mail address. Dave May your liver stay with you :-) > Right you clever people tell me. > > When I select "delete" a certain person from my mailing "acceptance" list I > still hjave his name in my deleted file. Does this mean i have to refuse to > download his messages from my server, in which case I could [possibly] end > up with a surplus of messages on my server. If I did, would this mean my > servewr would end up bouncing messages? > > I wish we got taught this at school [in 1945] as like wot my kids do now. > [and my grandkids]. > > Help, please. Which setting do I select so I don't even know this D....... > exists? Come on, Dave. You must know. > > BTW, this is bloody good Vodka. And at a fiver a bottle who notices? > > Brian B > Lancashire, UK. > > brian_bramhall@lineone.net --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14-Nov-00