In article <5f1ebc424e.ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Porter <ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [Snip] > I think it means you're on PlusNet/Force9 :( They're having lots of > problems at the moment, particularly with usernames beginning with a. > To make matters worse their customer support has gone completely down > the pan but you might find something on the service status page. F9! After years of absolute stability (for me at least), they are indeed having a few problems at the moment :-(( I was aware of their problems, but not that it is particularly affecting usernames like mine! Grrr. But the errors that are happening have highlit how AntiSpam could be improved even further ... which is usually difficult :-)) Martin -- Martin Avison using a British Iyonix running RISC OS 5 and the Pluto mail and newsreader