The clock on my computer is fine for time and zone.... but incoming mail ( I'm in Hong Kong) in my main mailbox and some subfolders which are inconsistent... are being marked as : Jan 1, 2004 Dec 31,2003 Dec 30, 2003 Today Yesterday Jan 1, 2003 Dec 30, 2002 Dec 29, 2002 so i have to scroll beneath older messages as they turn from yesterday into being dated 2004 to find my most current messages. the incoming messages are dated correctly in their address panes and are coming from multiple countries. have rebuilt the mailbox to no avail ...but... can't really tell if it is still off or has corrected itself as i am getting some Jan 2003's. Update on: Re: [X-Apps] 1. mail.app losing passwords don't remember who had suggested changing my mail search from every minute to every 5 minutes.... which did not work for me.... but changing to 15 minutes seems to have solved the problem... :-)... so thank you... but... if anyone has any other ideas... i'm not really satisfied with waiting for 15 minutes to answer incoming emails... when i'm working i don't remember to check manually... i just keep one ear open for the 'tone'. thank you, /s ======================= Sharon Cooper Creative Art Link http://www.creativeartlink.com sc at creativeartlink.com