I known this is late in the day. But i think Rawn ,using Outlook Express, as all the emails sent to the group on his hard disk. What he could do ( if he hasn't already) is reguarly back up the the hard disk to tape or Zip drive ect. or at least the data in curcial areas. I my self save messages to my hard disk and back up. TMN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]