Do you have web access to your mail account? if so, the next time you 'loose connection' try connecting via the web and see you can access the account directly. Your mail server may be causing the problem and this would check for that case. Jens Jens Selvig ...Lost in Montana... On Feb 2, 2008, at 4:56 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > I open Mail and sometimes I don't have a connection to download my > mails. In the mean time I can work the websites. > After a while I've a connection for my mails, read them and answer > them and then suddenly I lost connection again. Like now. > This mail has to be send when I've that connection again. Leopard > is a pleasure to have. > I don't loose provider connection, just mail connection.