None of those programs are worth a damn, Harold. I'd think you'd realize that after it destroyed your email. An uninstall would be your best bet. Anyhoo, look in Account Settings and see if it hasn't changed your mail server in a misguided attempt to prevent SPAM. OE is seriously out of date. Just get Thunderbird and move into the 21st Century. Harold B. wrote: > Hello again, > > In my usual effort to clean house, I installed what looks like a full > program (like it does it all) for cleaning system files and the registry. I > know there are other programs which I'm probably also using. This one is > also a freebie and it can be downloaded from ... > http://www.nkprods.com/ncleaner/ > > All right, now I am also using Outlook Express for my email and after using > this nCleaner, I find I can still receive email but sending sends email, > even email sent to myself, into my "Outbox" where it remains, never reaching > the intended recipient. > > I easily can fix that by using "System Restore" to restore the system to the > moment before using nCleaner. Question: Is there a way to determine exactly > what file(s) was/were effected and/or what configuration was changed so that > I can continue using nCleaner and continue sending email, meaning it sends > rather than sits in the Outbox? --- Harold ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.