<snip> Oh yeah well I've got 649 unread messages from a while back that number was closer to 1,000 before I started working on it, that's what I got for being away for a week, I did go through them to make sure none were time critical what's left is all messages from this list, I had planned to read them during the week I had thought I'd be offline when I moved two weeks ago. The cable guy showed up the next day after I called him so I was only offline for a day, it's funny how preparing for the worst left me unprepared for the best. </snip> I had the same problems happening...I suggest switching over to the digest version. At least then you get only 10 emails, but the benefit of being able to read all of the posts without reaching epidemic proportions. If you use a web based email, then this is especially useful as you won't be as likely to completely fill up your inbox. If you use outlook express, then you won't be waiting an hour to download a g'jillion *yes, that is a real number...at least today it is :)* emails with most having been rather off-topic recently in my opinion. Wes