Greetings Howard,
Messenger will show you when the last message came in (see the statusbar), otherwise, no,
unless you consult the log (either click the File menu, then Open Message History or if you
have Messenger Plus! installed, click the Plus! menu, then Open Log File).
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Howard9" <not2beused DeleteThis @all.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to get messenger (6.1) to display the time when
> messages come in ? Some times I come to the PC and a message is
> there on screen but I don't know how long it's been there.
>
> ICQ does this properly...
>
>
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> Howard9