View | Layout. Uncheck the Preview Pane. You can add the button to the
toolbar if you wish.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"akamomto7" wrote in message
...
I get quite a lot of SPAM. When I try to delete it, it opens automatically.
I would think one could right click to hi-lite and then delete but the
minute
you click, it just opens! I've looked at options and can't find a way to
fix
it. Thanks for your help.