So, case in point? No? Why rely on the ISP to send your mail? Get that sendmail, or exim, or whatever, working and use it. Sorry if I dived in here late and missed something salient. Adam Myrow writes: > 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 -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.