Assuming you're in Mac's Mail program, go to the Mailbox menu and select "Go Offline" then when you're dialup is active and you're ready to send, do it again and select "Go Online." Joy Joy Freeman ~ from manuscript to bound book ~ Editorial, Design, and Production Services joy at pagesbyjoy.com On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 10:42 AM, Don Hinkle wrote: > I have a dial-up account and it makes me nervous when I'm online, > even tho I figure I have about 5 hours already paid for > daily...anyway, I tend to go on, get mail, then disconnect and read > my messages offline. > And that's when I write replies and new mails too. > And when I click the Send icon, it goes into the Out folder, but > first it pops back up on the screen with an Error message: > "This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox > until it can be delivered. > The server “smtp.mac.com” can not be contacted on port 25." > > I have to click on Close this Window to get rid of it. > > How can I turn off this stupid message from appearing in the first > place?