Thanks for the suggestion. I had called my ISP but it was a Saturday so really did not expect much of a response and did not get any. In the meantime I googled the error message and found some suggestions for fixing it. Tried the easy ones first which was to disable virus protection and firewall and try again. That did not work but I had sent these two things to enable again on reboot and as soon as I rebooted my messages started coming in. The last things I had done was run Norton's live update and install a Microsoft security patch. I am assuming something in Live update messed things up as it was updating Norton's antivirus. Anyway it is working properly again! Sandi P.S. It was handy to be able to us G-mail during this glitch in O.E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magick" <alienkc@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: connection error in Outlook Express > Sandy > It looks and sounds like your server information has been changed. A quick > call to your ISP for the correct server name to put will solve that. There > should be a smtp in the server name...usually > Just call your ISP and have them help you reset it. -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe 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/