Nope; doesn't work with any combination of suggested ports, protocols or authentication methods. I still get the "Unrecognized transport protocol. Unable to send message." message. Judging by the quickness of the message's appearance, I suspect that kmail is not getting to the point of attempting to connect to the server. It almost seems like there is some prerequisite package or service missing, but all of kmail's required libraries and packages are installed. I've attached the list of installed services that are NOT running in hopes that someone will spot something helpful. Leslie -- Best Regards: Baron -- A Caution to Everybody Consider the Auk; Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk. Consider man, who may well become extinct Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked. -- Ogden Nash