Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Do you have any `load' statements? $ grep load .gnus | grep -v ^\; (eval-after-load "gnus-sum" (autoload 'bbdb-search "bbdb-com" "Insidious Big Brother Database autoload" t) (autoload 'rmime-format "rmime" "" nil) The eval-after-load expression is: ;; Highlight '#' marked summary lines (eval-after-load "gnus-sum" '(add-to-list 'gnus-summary-highlight '((memq article gnus-newsgroup-processable) . gnus-summary-high-read))) I'm pretty sure I commented it out and it didn't fix the problem. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh | Some people can stay longer in an hour http://nwalsh.com/ | than others can in a week