Hi Zep, Well, I learned how to paste a print screen image into a post. :) I had already changed my "sents" to go to the local folder and had added a folder for Sents other than the default. Does this look right? The article still doesn't explain why my posts aren't being sent/timing out. I really love Thunderbird, but I'm afraid I might end up being a yahoo customer. :)

I tried searching for your problem without any good results. You might try a different computer from another location. If the computer your on has a hijacker, it may be trying to redirect you to a different location, causing a problem. That was the only thing I found in AOL Technical support. Try this link. http://www.aol.com/

Hi, Bob Thanks for the reply and the screen shot, but I think you may have misunderstood. Your shot seems to be of the login page (with the red key). I'm referring to the actual webmail interface after you log in. (See link below.) Notice that the site icon at the left of my address bar is now no longer highlighted (colored) as at the login page in your image. But the address itself still shows httpS. Plus, the tool tip underneath the address bar shows an uncertain source. I don't know if that means there is some problem with the actual beta AOL SSL connection (that it's somehow 'not as good/secure') or if it's only 'unverified' for some reason (not sure why, if it's source is the same as the security for the login). Not a big deal for me, since I really don't use AOL much if at all (nor Yahoo, for the same reason: no full-session SSL). But if they are implementing it (finally) I might start using it more, so I thought I'd ask about how trustworthy it is as it stands. Here is a link that might be useful:

Frontier so far is pretty funny & frustrating too to me. I now have my original Verizon email which is actually older mike@gte.net forwards to mail.AOL.com which forwards to mike@hotmail.com . I did get some kind of customer access code number mailed to my Hotmail which was on the account for Verizon as contact email. I have no idea what to do with that yet. But I go to Frontier and I don't seem to have an account yet.. to pay my bill online... keeps sending me around in circles. I imagine they are kind of busy right now. I can see how they have probably messed up big time... my Verizon mail all forwarded to Hotmail... when they changed me to mail.aol.com... they quit forwarding it to Hotmail and had it all going to AOL. If I hadn't realized what happened .. I'd be missing and wondering where some very important mail was. I'd almost suspect Verizon will have their FIOS in my neighborhood in coming months and be offering FIOS packages at lesser prices than Frontier sells the services it bought from verizon. Kind of like using the money they sold me to frontier for, to string fiber to my neighborhood. Lots of this area already has been slowly getting the FIOS strung around.