Mine is the same, I encounter the password problem when there is a problem on the line. Wendy On 01 Feb 2007, at 21:11, nk wrote: ah....so you're saying that mail.app is reporting truthfully...that the server burped, mail.app was denied, and is merely reporting back? nk Wendy Austin & Thomas Oswin Coastal Road Pomponette via Surinam Mauritius Island tel/ans/fax: +2306257399 iChat/MSN: wendy_austin at mac.com