Peter Meyns wrote: > Why is that?
TBH, I suppose mainly because my previous e-mail client did not split threads in this way; it wouldn't delete until the last message passed the sell-by date. > If I want to save a thread, I copy it to my "archive" > folder, and let the mailing list continue its purging on time. Which of course splits the thread. > you could set your list folder to not expire messages at all Better, IMO. Then I could copy or delete the entire thread "manually". It's not a huge problem, of course, just something that might have been more thoughtfully designed, IMO. Anyway, thanks for your help: it's saved me finding out the hard way! -- Paul Richardson Using The Bat! v1.62r on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html