Ed If you are using Windows, go to Control Panel, open Internet Options, click on the Connections Tab and set the Never dial a connection option.
Hope this works for you. Cheers Gareth Ed Ticknor wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I haven't come up with anything in preferences > or the dial up connection settings. When I open Mail, it only starts > the dialup connection, it doesn't actually download new messages. All > I'm trying to do is compose messages to send later without the dial up > connection opening with the Mail program. I'm sure its a simple > matter to correct, but I'm not getting anywhere. > Thanks... > Ed > > Travis Crump wrote: > >> opening up a dial up connection is OS functionality, poke around your >> Windows settings and the settings for your dial-up connections... >> The browser wouldn't do it if you have your home page set to either a >> local page or blank since it never tries to use the internet >> connection, but mail tries to check your mail when it starts up(as >> well as load the mail start page) so when it asks to use the internet >> connection Windows will open up the dial-up connection depending on >> your settings. >> >> Ed Ticknor wrote: >> >>> Just upgrades to 6.1 and can't figure out how to keep the program >>> from opening up a dial up connection when the mail program starts. >>> The browser doesn't do it. I've ripped apart the preferences menu, >>> but am probably overlooking something obvious >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >>> >> >
