Yikes! I just got an error when I tried to submit a pretty lengthy reply to you discussing the points you brought up. I'll try again, but a lot shorter. I'm considering different approaches to "Keeping" messages written to others. If you go to <A HREF="http://www.investorshub.com/boards/my_settings.asp" target="_new">http://www.investorshub.com/boards/my_settings.asp</A> you can toggle off marking messages as "read" when viewing them 10 at a time.