David.....the post by Mrs Catgut has spelled out what sort of message I get when trying to send mail. When I go to the "server" window after I open OE, I get the default numbers 127.0.0.1 & when I put in mail.core.com, my mail comes through. I must do this each time I open OE. I use two PCs. One with Win 98 (which I like) and the other with XP(which I don't like) This happens on both PCs. I tried to stop the email program on the on access protection control menu, but each time I boot up, it's there again.
Thanx, Trickie