> I don't want to trash it and reinstall Mail, because there are some > important recent e-mails I need to save. Any hints would be > appreciated. All of your Mail files should be found in your Users folder in Library-->Mail -- so I'd start by making a back-up copy of that file, just in case. You might try trashing the Preferences for Mail in your Users folder in Library-->Preferences (it's called "com.apple.mail.plist"), and see if that helps. BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net <http://www.redjacketpress.com>