Sorry - I spoke too fast.

This didn't fix the problem. OLE still reverts back to 127.0.0.1 in the pop
field, and the default ports for gmail only. Comcast and AOL work fine. I
use McAfee Security Center, and I've turned off the email virus scan and spam
killer.

I want to like Microsoft products, I REALLY do, but between general Windows
issues and specific OLE issues, it's a very trying experience (most likely
user error, I know). Any suggestions?

"Sam F." wrote:

Yes, this seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks a million!

"mac" wrote:


"Sam F." wrote in message
...
yep - those are the numbers!

So crack on then Sam.

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]