if your ISP email POP server is down.
The email client attempts to logon to the server but fails and ask you to type in your username and password.
In Outlook, goto Tools > Email accounts, select your account and find the option where it says "Save password".
If that is ticked, then it is likely that the server is down., or there is another type of connection problem.
Mark
When I use Outlook Express it keeps flashing a screen asking for my I.D. and password. These haven't changed at all' but Outlook won't accept them telling me I need to enter the correct password. Running Win 98

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