Hi Jim, I think the BrailleNote will have to plead not guilty on this one <smile>. Your provider's mail server is using a form of authentication which is designed to thwart spamming. What happens is that when you download e-mail, the mail server notes the IP (Internet protocol) address you are using at that time. This address will normally be different each time you log on with a dial-up connection. Because you need to know your own password to clear your e-mail, the server then validates your IP address for a finite period as being legitimate, and therefore will allow you to send mail from it. The upshot of this form of authentication is that if you log on and send mail before you receive it, the provider has not authenticated you so will not allow you to send e-mail.
There are alternative methods your provider might use, such as SMTP authentication, but this is a matter to take up with your provider. Jonathan Mosen BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager Pulse Data International Ltd DDI: +64-3-373-6192 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Mobile: +64-21 466 736 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.pulsedata.com
