Every message posted by Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hangs when getting mail from my ISPs mail server. After logging on using Web mail and deleting all his messages I'm then able to continue getting my mail. Anyone else having this problem? Yes, I'm using outlook express and I've tried outlook and it fails in the same way. My ISP does not have a clue as they claim it's a spam or virus problem. Any ideas? Is it Mitch's mail client or my ISP? I know it couldn't be a MS issue ;-) I am not picking on Mitch he has been great in trying to assist with the issue. Much thanks!! JR ============================================================================ ===== "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)