OK thanks for that. I have done that OK and set the SMTP settings using the SMTP address of my ISP outgoing mail server, the From address is mine, I've ticked the SMTP server requires authentication as that is also selected on my Outlook setup. Then I have added my username and password I use to log to my email. If I'm right there, the next bit is in the Alerts section. But selecting SMTP and Test is says Unknown error, alert cannot be sent. Am I misunderstanding something?