hi adam, well that sure explanes it sure wish they would tell you when they change something like that. i have been working on this for 4 days now. i could turn the spam feture off but i don't want all of that spam in my box. thanks for all of the help randy On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Adam Myrow wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, randy turner wrote: > >> well i have to run get-mail first, >> then pine will send the message like it should >> does this give any one any ideas? > > It's a feature of your ISP which forces you to authenticate with your POP > server, and then, it will let you send mail for a limited time. I think it's > some sort of anti-spam measure, and unfortunately, there's not much you can > do about it except always check your mail right before you send, or get > another ISP. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >