JB> Here's the substance of a message between myself and 
 JB> one of my users. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I believe that Restrict Date can only be used to lower the number of 
messages, not raise it.  When the system sees your lastread pointer, it 
assumes you've read every message prior to that one.  I think all your user 
needs to do is to call up message number 1, then try the restrict date 
tion.
Robby
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