Hello Thomas R. Stephenson, I thank you very much for your help, you have solved my problem. It is kind of you to spend time helping others, it is much appreciated and long may you continue to do so.

Kind regards Stan.

I am new to pmail. Could you please tell me how I can get pmail to recognise my provider's dial-up telephone number? I can send and receive email using pmail, but only if I first dial up using another application such as Thunderbirb. Regards Stan.

I am new to pmail. Could you please tell me how I can get pmail to recognise my provider's dial-up telephone number?

Use Tools | Internet options | Dialing  and select "3: Use IE4/Win98 dialling functions in WININET.DLL "

If you have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer v4.0 or later on your system, or if you are using Windows 98 or later, then you will have a Microsoft system component called WININET.DLL, which provides excellent dialup support. When WININET services are available, they are usually the best and cleanest way of handling your connections.