sounds like you might have the disconnect after sending receiving mail go to tools options and then the connection tab make sure the appropriate box is checked or unchecked ----- Original Message ----- From: <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> To: <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- getting disconnected on dial up connection > Hi everyone, > > This is cristy from my old aol account. I cannot stay online on my > earthlink account for some reason. I called them and checked and tried > different dial up phone numbers, they said they all checked out fine. I > would sign on and be knocked off in ten seconds. Im on now on earthlink, > so far so good. What seems to be happening is when I try to open "outlook > express" to read my email is when I get bumped off. I never had a problem > with this before. Any suggestions? I can read my aol email, no problem > but opening outlook to read other mail results in disconnection. This is > something new, was working fine before. > > thanks, > christy > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > 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/ > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> 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/