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From my lay persons knowledge on such things....I can tell you..

1) If you are still using Outloook Express it means that your pc must be 10 years out of date and you must still be using an old PC running under Windows XP or Windows 98....cos Outlook Express is an obsolete email client that was replaced 10 years ago by a new version called "Windows Mail" when Windows XP o/s was replaced by Windows Vista o/s. Then, Windows Mail was replaced by a new client called "Windows Live Mail" when Windows 7 o/s came out 2 years ago.....so your email client is at least 10 years out of date and obsolete, so you need to upgrade to Windows Live Mail which is the latest email client that comes with Windows 7 machines.

2) If your email client is not working it probably means your config settings have been lost or corrupted....so just open a new email account with your client and enter your Bellsouth SMTP address, your username and password again, and that should fix it.

3) If you are unable to use your email client....just configure Google Mail or Yahoo Mail to import your Bellsouth emails into Googlemail or Yahoo Mail.....i.e. just open a free email box with Google or Yahoo Mail...and then you can go to their settings and set things up to be able to import and read external pop mail accounts....which is what I do what I am travelling and not able to access my local pc email client...i.e. when I travel...I just use my Yahoo email box to import and read my external emails into Yahoo etc.

Even if your pc is at the workshop....you don't need it....cos you can use your cellphone to read Google mail or Yahoo mail....and then be able to read your Bellsouth emails into Yahoo or Google and read them on your cell phone.

4) You do not need to read emails in order to know if a payment has been made to your authorize.net merchant account.....cos you can just go directlty to the Authorize.net website and login using your merchant id login and password...and be able to view your incoming transactions at the Authorize.net website if your email is not working.

I am sure Baby or of your tech-savvy girls can easilty fix this problem...cos it seems to be a very simple one to resolve....even for a lay person like me.

MK