Get a hold of your ISP and ask them what they need to authenticate. If you are using a free email service then you would need to email them. Can you even get into your email account? -----Original Message----- From: April Thacher [mailto:athacher@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 3:23 PM To: GEN-ROOTERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-ROOTERS-L] POP I have a user name and password. And I followed the instuctions for setting it up...How do I authenticate with POP? I have never had to that before. HELP!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== GEN-ROOTERS Mailing List ==== If you wish to change to the digest list send an email to GEN-ROOTERS-D-request@rootsweb.com and in the body of the message put the one word SUBCRIBE To unsubscribe form the list (L or D) send an email to GEN-ROOTERS-(L or D according to which one you are receiving-it is on the top of the emails you receive)request@rootsweb.com put the one word message in the body of the letter-- UNSUBSCRIBE listowner questions to AZDEE@aol.com