Well Dick ,,, looks like you have yourself a real problem and I'm afraid that the solution could get too complicated for e-mail. The fact that you get an error message tends to say that you have a bad (corrupt and/or contaminated) file. The easiest possible cure would be to simply reinstall OE back over the top of itself. Other than that, you could run SFC (System File Checker) and make sure its' options are set to report bad files, however, if you have not made it a regular chore to keep it cleaned out, it will be packed full of chores that should be taken care of. For now, just Ignore everything except corrupt files, if any are found, SFC will give you an opportunity to restore them. Take a crack at it, might as well start learning to do it. Good luck, you will need it Bob Hays ----- Original Message ----- From: "H.J. (Dick) Best" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: [OE] Limited OE send > Hi, all.......wonder if anybody has answer to this mystery on my OE. > Am using WIN 98 on my Gateway PC, Pent.2 plenty spare memory etc., > etc. Everything was fine until suddenly I couldn't send any e-mail > longer than about 8K whether as text, attachment, or whatever. Up > comes "This pgm has > done an illegal op.............etc., etc. Can handle any length msg > incoming no problem but nothing over about 8K o/g. Have checked and > cancelled the "break up sent msgs" but no effect. > Appreciate suggestions. > Dick. > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >