It is usually quite evident from the symptoms whether the problem is
local (your computer), or at your mail provider's server.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Brevoortia tyrannus" <omni@bus.net> wrote in message news:h1dblt0c6h@news6.newsguy.com...
>
> Is it possible that the request for username and password is NOT coming from
> Windows Mail, but, instead, is coming from the subscriber's ISP or email
> provider?
>
> After all, Windows Mail is NOT an email server -- it's just an application
> that provides access to your email provider's servers.
>
> I can access my email in two ways:
> -- Directly over the web to the ISP server, or,
> -- Through Windows Mail.
>
> A couple of days ago I accessed my email over the Web and was fiddling
> around with the settings -- I inadvertently changed my username. Next time
> I tried to access my email through Windows Mail, Windows Mail asked me for
> username and password -- drove me crazy -- I couldn't log in no matter what
> I did -- I called tech support and they found my problem, reset my username
> to where it was before I changed it.