The SpamBayes FAQ says that some people keep their Spam folder filled with hundreds or thousands of messages so that, if the SpamBayes database becomes corrupt, they can use those messages to retrain SpamBayes and rebuild the database. What I do instead is set my Spam folder to Auto-archive every week into a file named archive_SPAM.pst. If the SB database gets corrupted, I would just import that PST file back into Outlook temporarily. After retraining SB, I could then just delete the imported messages. Any new spam is then appended to the archive_SPAM.pst file when the next auto-archive time arrives. Jeff Jansen | Portland, Oregon | USA