Usually you will get an err msg, in Outlook, you can even use the test
accounts feature
"steve" <steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> outlook 2003 & outlok express 6. using them for years ok. just this week,
> both stopped sending. isp walked me thru many fixes, but to no avail. I
> can
> send, but not recieve. bell south web email works fine and also works fine
> on
> another computer. so, somehow this computer is corupted. i even did a
> systen
> restore.