"Loretta" wrote in message
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The error for the test email is:
"Send test e-mail message: The specified server was found, but thee was no
response from the server. Please verify that the port and ssl information
is correct. To access these settins..."

This looks like firewall issue. I have never used Vista yet but from what
I've read, Vista firewall protects both incoming and outgoing traffic. You
should be looking at Vista firewall (exception) settings to allow outgoing
SMTP traffic from your computer.

To be sure if your computer allows SMTP outgoing traffic, do the following:

1) Go to Vista command prompt
2) Type the following (without quotes): "telnet outgoing.verizon.net 25"

Post the result here.

Ps I tried Windows mail and that could not send either.

If Vista blocks outgoing port 25 (SMTP) traffic, no mail clients will work.