fyi update: ...i must have had something going on? in memory etc..as now since having rebooted it seems to start ( speed ) just fine...and thats with closing and re-opening ........this is really nice ...I feel comfortable now using as full time emailer...i'm tired of netscape core'ing on me..plus this has so many more features and slick interface........ great stuff team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lee -== _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.helixcode.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution