Pat D. Stephens wrote the following: > I'm having an odd problem with a piece of mail in my Mail inbox. I > can't open it or delete it. Can anyone tell me what's happening and > how to delete it? I might be wrong but I think this is due to a permissions problem (in this case with that particular message). if you try to delete an item you are not the owner of or if it is misinterpreted by the system as belonging to someone else the system will not let you delete it (as you do not own it)...next time you have this problem check the ownership of the item you are trying to delete...as force deleting worked it would seem to confirm this... HTH, Richard --