> Catharine, dump outlook, download Eudora for free from the net. > Be sure to > erase from regedit too. I agree, Outlook97 is horrid. Outlook98 is a bit better. I've always used Pegasus and like it very, very much. I'm only using OUtlook temporarily while waiting for new system. It has one feature to recommend it: can retrieve mail from multiple ISPs and mailboxes without me having to install clones. > Microsoft just never works the way it's supposed to. I think Gates has a > nice desktop with windows, but he should leave the more complex stuff to > people who do it better, which is almost anyone else. Amen. With the exception of Excel, I have never found a piece of MS software I truly liked. I loathe Word, but use it because there simply isn't anything else anymore (don't like WP). I wish Xywrite were still alive....the old Xywrite was blindingly fast, incredibly rich in features, and compact. Catharine