I'm not an OS X Mail user, but my wife is and I can't help her with a serious problem. A whole slew of messages that she thought she'd moved to a new folder (or mailbox in Eudoraspeak) simply disappeared. She selected 'em all and dragged them to the new mailbox of "Family and Friends," but now they're gone. A whole year's worth. Which in itself is interesting--why did all the messages from 2003 simply disappear. The new mailbox is empty and, while I didn't watch what she was doing, I doubt very much that she put them in the trash and then emptied the trash. Thanks for the help, Richard Bienvenu