For those of you using Macintosh Use Eudora or whatever your local supplier gives you for email . Type all messages off-line in the email program or use a wordprocessor then cut and paste into a new message . To retrieve messages "splat" M - will ask you for your pass word then automatically dial out then retrieve messages . When all messages have been received Eudora saves them in an "in" messages under the Mailbox pulldown menu automatically .Messages are not deleted untill you delete them one by one . Exit Eudora and go to the Control Folder then open "Config PPP" . Once open click on "Hard Close" and you are offline . You can then return to Eudora to read your mail off-line . Note that if you want to re-enter the net you will needto return to Config PPP and click on open . Should you wish to archive or save lengthy journals- Cut and Paste the text into a wordprocessor saving them with your own titles. Save all of those files to a disk if you are jamming up your harddrive ie Lactnet . If you want to get really high tech- those journals can be searched in the future through a good database program by key words ... If you do not have Eudora try to mimicthe overall procedures with whatever email program you are using . The trick is to retieve them goto Config PPP to hard close . For those of you using IBM Mimic the same actions as for the Mac using windows. Hope this is of some assistance