On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 09:16 AM, Tracy Keirns wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been a member of this list for a long time but have been lurking > in the background. Now I am having some trouble with OS X and Mail > that I hope you can help me with. > > . . . After I restart I can get my mail, but it downloads the same > messages I have already received and deleted. Any thoughts on what I > can do? Make sure you have "Remove copy from server after retrieving message" checked and the time option set to something short, like one day or less. If your mailbox on the server has a month or more of messages in it, that can make checking mail really slow. SR