"cbcrocker" wrote in message
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I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound obtuse but when you state to delete the
account are you referring to the primary account or just the one associated
with that particular identity?

I mean the mail or news account that is not working properly, shown under
Tools|Accounts. If it continues to fail after recreating the account, then it
is time to try a new Identity (on the File menu).

You also stated that the WPSS is locatetd in
the registry; as I'm not opposed to tweaking the registry a smidge where
might it be found?

Passwords are *encoded* in the registry. It's not something that you can tweak
manually. You can view protected storage entries using something like this:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#pstore

For more on OE's file and registry structure, see
http://www.insideoe.com/files/ .

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