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I would guess then that your ISP is still having trouble.

Good lord man, things aren't always instantly fixable, nor are the problems always on your end.

Give the server a day or two, then see if the problem still exists. Then call them, ask if there's still trouble, then go about troubleshooting once you've ascertained that the servers are up and running.
 
Maurice, as to [A], and [C]: leave as is

As I don't use (and never have) Outlook Express, I only have a limited knowledge about this sore excuse for an email- program.

Changing the dial-up as you did, only uses the settings from that selected service. You could have an entry for e.g. BT, Breathe, WHSwithnet, Yahoo, etc.
Depending on which ISP you want to use, you set one of them to be the default. If you are not happy with the settings, either change them or make a new one (like e.g. Breathe-2) with slightly different settings. I have never heard of either ISP, ask your techie if there is a better local ISP (like BT) and change over to them.
Your current one sounds to me like some Mickey Mouse outfit.
 
Thought you'd like to see the message that I sent to Breathe Support, re email problems;-
[cut & pasted from the email]

I know that you are having Outlook Express problems, I was told this by one of your support team, via 01906 300 1199, OK, I accept that there are difficulties, apparently concerning duplication of old accounts, & that every effort is being made to correct the matter, but what I don't understand is why I was given the run-around, by this, I mean that only on the third call, was I told that the fault was not mine, the first two calls, resulted in advice to alter my mailhost / pophost addresses in the first instance, to a series of numerals, & in the second, to delete whsmith.net, & substitute breathe.com, neither of which, worked!, how do you explain that? two different "solutions" from two personnel, are they all thinking up their own remedies?
On checking, I found that the addresses had reverted to whsmithnet, in spite of the fact that I had clicked on "apply", & now, some emails are still not being despatched at the time, they do go, eventually, later the same day, when I boot up again, but this is not good enough, some of my email contacts are abroad, & emails are so much more convenient, [& cheaper] than phoning.

Will you tell me what stage you are at, in solving the problems, & perhaps you can tell me, in layman's terms what they are, if it goes on much longer, I'll be forced to change my ISP, not a threat, a fact.
I understand that you have had many complaints, so,if you are snowed under, a brief message to say that you'll get back to me, would do, I suppose, for now.
Iam typing this at 18.58pm BST, & will now attempt to send, if it doesn't go straight away, please note the time difference.
Maurice Cole


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