well, I have just confirm this test, it would appear the apple mail app, works to delete mail, off the server, when the preference are set to remove, once messages are downloaded... However, it would appear after a about a week, the program, will not delete message off the server. ( all the setting are the same ) This is a clean install of OS 10.3 Panther. is there anyone else experiencing this problem as well? If anyone has a clue on this, please post. Because, Apple doesn't. TKS Richard