My OE has suddenly decided that it will not delete some, not all, messages. I recently received 8 copies of a message (all from the same trusted sender) that had a .pps attachment. It seems that the problem started when I tried to delete all copies but only one would delete. I read an earlier thread that says I have to delete my "deleted items" forlder and create a new one but I need to keep many of these old messages. Any other way out of this?

Restore the 'deleted' messages you want to save (I'd recommend creating another folder if you really want to save them, using the 'deleted' folder as strage isn't a good idea), then go through the recommended cure you mention. "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us..."

Thanks, that is what I wanted to hear.