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Okay, I am stumped. For the last 2 days, my e-mail started acting up and now it is doing it all day I cant log on to my e-mail when I get an error message, it says Task "My e-mail addy"- Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC92) : 'Your e-mail server rejected your login. Verify your user name and password in your account properties. Under Tools, click E-mail accounts. The server responded: -ERR [AUTH] Incorrect username or password. (error 999)'

I hate to be a whiner, BUT.........I'm still disappointed that, when I log on, Breaking News is always down low on the column on the right. I always have to scroll down to look for it. I would be much happier if it were to always be the first articles I see, or at least be at the top of the right-hand column. Maybe I'm missing a step here; is there a way to set Breaking News as the default? I've tried a lot of different things, but it doesn't change.< /whine >

Where's the "log off" button? I used to log out. Or off. I thought it was polite, and it cleared my cookie.