On Aug 15, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Da Pen wrote: > Hello. > > My wife has spent many hours over several months > paring down the mail in her In box. Sometime > yesterday the computer crashed and 'voila' ALL the > messages are back (almost 1000 ). She is very upset > about this. Can anyone tell me what happened and how > we can insure that when a message is deleted it will > not come back to life? > > Thanks. Dave > Delete the emails again and then press Command - K to permanently delete them from the mail database. When you delete them they are only hidden until Command K is used. Its like in Entourage or Outlook Express, you have to compact the database to actually delete the files. John -- Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine