I agree with Sandra - sometimes when I am in a hurry, I will skim my subject lines looking for something of interest to read, so there's a better chance of my reading a particular email. Also, when I have saved one and want to go back and read it again, it makes it easier to identify the particular email I am searching for. In a message dated 10/23/2003 12:07:31 AM Central Daylight Time, ferg@ntelos.net writes: I have names that have more than one spelling, and if you type in just one, you only get posts with that one spelling....easier to browse the subjects than to type in 10 spellings of the same name. Besides, I like to brouse, looking for anything of interest, and what is in the subject slot if most important....if it didn't matter why have a subject slot , or bother to put in a subject at all?