you need to manually select the correct database after launching PM. first, in spotlight do a search on your drive(s) for the correct, i.e. latest, MESSAGE DATABASE.
go : menubar > database > switch user environment > select the database located in above step. good luck. ---marlyse ------------ former message(s) quotes: ------------- >Now when I launch Powermail it seems to have reverted to an early version >(2004?) of the database, all my folders, filters, and messages are missing.

