aaaaaaaaaah! mark all read is a must! in fact, it'd be cool if it sees which ones i've read and they magically vanish... (er, well, maybe not.) and i was NOT gonna complain about a single thing on this message, roy, honest... but where'd the 'mark all read' in the message thread window go? i use that when i'm on the last message on a board and don't want to hit back before i jump to another. :) (lookie me, i'm a .001% power-mark-all-read-user! ;D )