MFS SERIES TRUST I
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


To the Trustees and Shareholders of MFS Series Trust I:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial  statements of MFS Series
Trust I (composed of MFS Managed  Sectors Fund and MFS Cash Reserves  Fund) (the
"Trust") for the year ended August 31, 1999 (on which we have issued our reports
dated October 7, 1999), we considered its internal  control,  including  control
activities  for  safeguarding  securities,  in order to  determine  our auditing
procedures  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  our  opinions  on  the  financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide
assurance on the Trust's internal control.

The  management of the Trust is responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates and judgments by
management  are  required to assess the expected  benefits and related  costs of
controls.  Generally,  controls  that are  relevant  to an audit  pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial  statements for external purposes that
are  fairly   presented  in  conformity  with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.   Those  controls   include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations in any internal  control,  misstatements due to
error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not be  detected.  Also,  projections  of any
evaluation  of internal  control to future  periods are subject to the risk that
the internal control may become  inadequate  because of changes in conditions or
that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures deteriorates.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all  matters  in  internal  control  that  might be  material  weaknesses  under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material  weakness is a condition  in which the design or  operation of one or
more of the internal  control  components  does not reduce to a  relatively  low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial  statements being audited may occur and
not be detected  within a timely  period by  employees  in the normal  course of
performing their assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving the
Trust's internal control and its operation,  including controls for safeguarding
securities  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined  above as of
August 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the  information  and use of management,  the
Board  of  Trustees,  and the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and is not
intended  to be and  should not be used by anyone  other  than  these  specified
parties.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 7, 1999




                         Report of Independent Auditors


To the Trustees
MFS Series Trust I

In planning and performing our audits of the financial  statements of MFS Global
Asset Allocation Fund, MFS Core Growth Fund, MFS Blue Chip Fund, MFS Convertible
Securities Fund, MFS Science and Technology Fund, MFS Strategic Growth Fund, MFS
Equity Income Fund, MFS Research  Growth & Income Fund, MFS New Discovery  Fund,
and MFS Research  International  Fund ("the funds") ten of the funds  comprising
the MFS Series Trust I, for the year ended August 31, 1999,  we  considered  its
internal control,  including control activities for safeguarding securities,  in
order to determine our auditing  procedures  for the purpose of  expressing  our
opinion on the financial  statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the internal control.

The  management of the Funds is responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates and judgments by
management  are  required to assess the expected  benefits and related  costs of
controls.  Generally,  controls  that are  relevant  to an audit  pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial  statements for external purposes that
are  fairly   presented  in  conformity  with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.   Those  controls   include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations in internal control,  errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected.  Also,  projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become  inadequate  because of
changes in conditions or that the  effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in  internal   control  that  might  be  material   weaknesses  under  standards
established  by the  American  Institute  of  Certified  Public  Accountants.  A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the specific internal control  components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk  that  errors  or fraud in  amounts  that  would be  material  in
relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected
within a timely  period by employees in the normal  course of  performing  their
assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving internal control and
its operation,  including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider
to be material weaknesses as defined above at August 31, 1999.

This report is intended  solely for the  information and use of the trustees and
management of MFS Series Trust I and the Securities and Exchange  Commission and
is not  intended  to be and  should  not be  used by  anyone  other  than  these
specified parties.



                                                              ERNST & YOUNG LLP
October 9, 1999





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