someonelikeyou wrote:

I am using Outlook 2002. Windows XP. I have five POP email accounts
set up. One of the accounts repeatedly asks me to enter my username
and password - it will not retain it.

In addition to what Vince says, it seems to me that Windows has a maximum
allowed number of simultaneous network connections, the value of which can
be changed in the registry. See the section about TcpNumConnections in the
article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314053/en-us
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Brian Tillman