Thank you for your help, Roger! In the eyes of this new user you are all experts! I apologize if I am abusing the list with so many questions. Rein, I have printed copies of the 1.4.0 client and 1.0.34 server manuals in front of me, and I assure you they are becoming tattered and torn from use. I will look for manuals for later versions to see if I need an update. I appreciate your help and your patience. I still think I have a situation where I can connect, send mail, download mail, and then try again later and get the "wrong password" message whether or not I have a session password. If I can understand that I think I will be happy. After the tweaks we made yesterday performance and reliability is phenomenally better. Dan