OE's DNS checking doesn't work

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From: Ted Smith (who_at_com.org.net)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:28:54 -0500

Like many of the messages here, my mother's Win98 with OE6 was failing to
send e-mail messages while at the same time being able to receive them ok.
I talked with tech support at her ISP which also provides her e-mail and he
had me plug in the IP number in the "Outgoing Mail (SMTP)" field where the
Domain Name usually goes. When I did that OE6 immediately began sending the
mail again. After a number of other tests to make sure all the settings
were correct and the connections were working properly (logging onto the
internet, browsing, etc) he concluded that our OE6 had lost its ability to
get IP numbers from the Domain Name Servers.

My mother only uses her computer for e-mail. It does not have a firewall.
The antivirus is disconnected. The only programs that have been installed
since her OE6 worked properly (3 weeks ago) have been the MicroSoft Critical
Updates, and Norton AV virus definitions. I am betting even money that the
MS Updates are what did her in.

The question now is how do I get OE6 to behave properly??? Finding and
plugging in IP numbers is a real pain. Do I have to reinstall the crazy
thing, or what?

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