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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Heinz" wrote in message
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i just reinstalled after formatting my hard drive, got a welcome from
outlook and that's it, wont send or receive
message says activate "starttls" first,
how do i do this?
Thanks