That IE8 release was clearly marked as a beta test. The release notes
for that beta have the usual standard disclaimer stating that, since this is
a beta version, one can expect bugs. Often Microsoft doesn't know all the
incompatibilities when they start a new beta.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"jeff" <jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:476A2837-0A87-4DD3-B920-82A2C89A0E93@microsoft.com...
> Gary- thanks....that did the trick! I wish, though, that MSFT would have had
> some sort of warning/notice to Windows mail users that the upgrade was not
> compatable. I have a number of family members who upgraded, who like myself,
> and have had problems. It should be prominently displayed prior to making an
> upgrade decision.