Faythe--I, too, live in the boonies of rural Kansas and have dial up. I was having your problem and it just seemed to get worse as time went on. My ISP is local and they also provide tech support and build computers. Anyway I complained (practically spammed them) repeatedly. They talked me into going with a clean install of Win XP and I have not had a bit of trouble since. I don't know why that would help but it worked for me. I would be getting my e-mail and off would go the connection and then I would get all that mail again and woe to me if someone sent an attachment or something with lots of graphics and music. For what it's worth, this is what solved my problem. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al & Faythe" <rem41mag@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: donRe: MAILWASHER > thanks Don. > > since my dial up service is as slow as a dinso saur I think I will wait > for > more news on this. > I get disconnected from my server just receiving my email from them .. > sigh > ... > it is my only internet source at this time, I live on the boondocks ;-) > > thanks , > Faythe To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk