Please can anyone tell me what's gone wrong? I've been using Outlook Express for years but suddenly noen of the emails I send to hotmail a/cs (.co.uk or .com) actually arrive. I think this has been a probelm for several weeks. Everything else appears to be getting through ok. Help??2 people need an answerI do too

HiCheck with your ISP, it might be that they started blocking(e, or encrypt SMTP port 25.-----------Some ISPs block the SMTP port 25 if the account is Not their own email account and it did not originated on a computer connected to the Internet from the user original locationIn other words, POP3 on Windows Mail, Outlook, or any other None Web Mail applications would receive mail from any account.It will send only if the users have a mail account with the ISP, and the email his sent from the ISP's email account.It is one of the measures to avoid 3rd party spammers using other people accounts in order to Spam.Jack MVP-Networking. EZLAN.NET

Hi Jack, thanks for the very quick response. I regret that I am still a tad confused. Why can I still send to anyone anywhere (in the world) but not hotmail? And is there anything I can do about it? I have now set up an hotmail a/c for myself & am busy resending my original emails from this (using copy/paste), will this work? Is this the only way I can do it now? Sorry, not very technophobic I'm afraid :(

PS I'm on orange if that's any help?