Very rarely the text may be white on a white background... Highlighting it usually reveals this issue. Steve On Oct 18, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Tut wrote: >>>> Here's a related Mail issue: some of my emails will not scroll for >>>> the whole >>>> message to show unless I hit reply and open the email. >>>> >>> >>> >>> This happens to me every once in a while (maybe ones is >>> a couple of hundred messages) and not just from AOLers. I can >>> usually get it by moving back one message then forward to the erring >>> one again. It usually fixes itself when loading into the preview >>> screen the second time. >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> >> >> I appreciate that information, Peter. While I haven't checked to >> see if the >> emails have generally come from aol when this occurs, I know that >> not all of >> them have. What they do seem to have in common (although I'd have to >> double-check this) is that they are forwarding another email. >> > > I have seen this problem occure in other applications as well. It > probably > has to do with the timing of the redraw of the window. > > You could test that by scrolling down or up one page and then back > again. > If that shows you the "missing" text, then it is a problem with > redrawing > the page. > > Tut > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >