icreate and send an email (size is of no importance), and sometimes the recipient won't get it. also, there is nothing in my 'sent' folder that indicates anything was even created. there is no mention of an erroe of any kind...in other words, it seems to work normally; with the exception of anyone actually getting the email. is it just ME? this was happening in hotmail before i moved into 'live'. thanks so much for any kind of help. mark