Hi,

On 19 Sep 2001, at 21:12, oinkfreebiker@att.net wrote:
> I know that on prior times I have tried to send long 
> messages composed on Communicator, then clicked "send" 
> and gotten a long wait (about as long as the 
> "trasmitting" window stays up with KMail -- come to 
> think of it) followed by a "Request timed out" message 
> from Communicator.

Can you do something like "telnet smtpserver:25"? If you get a 
prompt type "help" for commands.

mike