Dottie wrote: >All of a sudden this morning = >when I checked for emails, I found that I had 8 messages and each of = >them was repeated 7 times thus indicating that I had 56 messages. I = >tried to delete all but one of each, but it wouldn't delete>> I don't think you're alone. Google returns 529,000 answers on deleting OE messages. First try these remedies: http://askbobrankin.com/cant_delete_email_in_outlook_express.html OE is tightly bound up with the browser Internet Explorer. A corruption in one can affect the other. OE can be subject to many different sorts of corruptions. If you've experienced problems browsing recently, you may need to reinstall IE. See here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378 One tip not mentioned is that most emailers have an option to leave mail on the server. I don't use OE, but check in its tools/options to see if that option is there. Uncheck it. If mail is left on server, it could get downloaded multiple times. There are many possible causes. If you don't find the answer above, Google for something like "Outlook Express messages delete". In the absence of other readers suggestions, I'll leave it to you to sift through the half-million answers. Good luck. PS. To avoid future OE problems, you might consider downloading the free Thunderbird email program. It's probably the most popular of the freeware emailers right now, and has a very large following. In fact, it's always a good idea to have an alternative emailer set up, in case one suddenly goes wrong and you may end up missing out on that $5million that some kind Russian Prince is eager to deposit in your bank account. Don Penlington PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>