Well, you posted here using OE so something must be working. Have you
configured your Sympatico email account in OE yet? It doesn't happen
automatically (unless your ISPs software does it). See
http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/H...abc&date=False

PS: Your headers (X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869)
tell us that the machine's not fully patched at Windows Update. Do Method 1
and/or Method 2 in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 then visit Windows
Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) again. And make sure Automatic
Updates is enabled.
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Heinz wrote:
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