Thank you , Mac and BOAC.
I'll give that a try but the owner of the machine in question is away on hols at the moment so will have to get back to you. Can't try it on my 'pooter', 'cos it's set up quite differently plus using XP. .........
"belay m' last pipe" .... have just done a search for Outlook Express and found it 'lurking' - that sequence works OK on mine, so will give it a whirl on the ME machine when it's available again.
Thank you, both.