What I'm doing is the following: I created an Initialize Handler which is called when the application is startup. I created also an WithEvents MyInboxMailItem as Outlook.Items now I use the MyInboxMailItem_ItemAdd function to call the function RETRIEVE_MAIL RETRIEVE_MAIL scans my inbox for specific messages and senders. When it finds them the attachments of the messages will be copied to a windows folder and the messages moved to another outlook folder. What I want is to have a popup balloon (like the new email thing) that disappears after so many secs that attachments have been saved. That should be possible shouldn't it? Regards Marco The Netherlands