O.K. Here's what I did just now. I went to Charter.net reopened my old original e-mail account. then I went to Outlook express clicked on tools then accounts them made my charter account my default instead of hotmail. Howeverwhen I went back to trying to send an e-mail as a test. The darn thing came back with my HM name and wanted my PW for the HM acct.. With all that it still wouldn't work or send. I must still have something wrong...