New Mail is Mail that if left to ALL _ has not been read by you or if left to You as Private has not been read by You. If New Mail ( or messages ) was left to you from someone else as private _ you will be automatically flaged that you have New Mail waiting to be Read when you Log on to the BBS. If you replied to a public message as public _ the originator of the first public message will be flaged even tho the message was left as public ( or to ALL ). If you want to read messages left to public ( all ) you will select from the Message Menu ( N ) New Mail _ and will be ask thru a Prompt what Date you wish to start to Scan New Mail from. You will also be ask what conference you wish to scan. Each time you Log on _ you should Scan for New Mail or you are missing one of the important things that a BBS does and that is the exchange of information in a Global Type of Forum.