> I am writing on my wife's behalf...she uses mindspring as
> her ISP. We downloaded Outlook Express for MAC version 5 on
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> What do we need to do to read her email messages?
Those 400+ messages have, I assume, already been downloaded and read in a
previous e-mail application? If so, you wouldn't be downloading them again,
rather you would need to import the messages from that other e-mail
application.
Which e-mail application were you using before? You may wish to check out
the File > Import option in OE 5 to try bringing your old messages back,
though it really does depend on what you were using before the upgrade.
Ricky