You can customize the color of your watched messages to make them stand out.
On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Read tab, at the end of the
Highlight watched messages with the color line, select the color you want,
and then click OK.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:uii3lOqyFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Ron <ron@flymail.fm> hunted and pecked:
> Hi in Outlook Express in the left hand pane where the newsgroup titles are
> when it is first highlighted the highlight is blue but when I then
> highlight a message subject the highlight then becomes a very light grey.
> Also when composing a message such as this one any highlighted message
> subject also becomes a very light grey. How can I change this colour to a
> darker grey or to another colour? Windows XP Pro with SP2 and a slightly
> modified windows scheme but I still cannot change the colour.
> Thanks Ron