You might look at the original files you are trying to import. Check to see if they are locked or if you have permission to read the files. Went through this recently. Repairing permissions does not seem to correct owner or sharing permissions (as you would expect). Rod On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:19 PM, George Pepper wrote: > I erased the HD in my TiBook to get rid of OS 9, and install OS > X.ii... Went through all the updates to X.ii.viii, and then repaired > permissions [They were very trashed]... Mac Mail would not launch > before or after permissions repair... When I attempt to launch, it > gets into the importing mailboxes phase and then quits every time at > the same point... > > Ideas?... > > Oh, yeah... Entourage works just fine :^/... > > Pep