smtpmail problems

Hello, I am using smtpmail.el to use my ISP's SMTP server to send e-mail (the same way Netscape sends e-mail with an SMTP host) from VM under XEmacs. I am on an OpenBSD 2.9-current host. I have XEmacs 21.5 (beta2) and the latest sumo tarball. The error I am constantly seeing is: Network error: connection failed, "Address already in use", "mail.ispdomain", "SMTP" So, I realize this error is probably outside the realm of smtpmail.el (unlike the "Sending failed; SMTP protocol error" messages I have seen twice). What strikes me as weird is that at the exact same time a perl script can connect just fine to the SMTP server and work. The error occurs when I am only trying to send with smtpmail.el. My smtpmail setup looks like so (if you see something glaring in here please feel free to tell me): (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) ; if you use `mail' (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.optonline.net") (setq smtpmail-local-domain nil) (setq smtpmail-smtp-service "smtp") (load-library "smtpmail") (setq smtpmail-code-conv-from nil) (setq user-full-name "Dan Weeks") (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("mail.ispdomain" 25 "username" "password"))) I was wondering if anyone has any pointers on where to look for a possible fix or explaination. If there are maybe some pointers that i can investigate further on my own would be great. Also, if anyone knows of a good stand-alone program that works with VM/XEmacs and can contact and use an SMTP server like smtpmail.el does I will gladly take the information. Thanks for your time. -danimal -- dan weeks - codemonkey - http://danimal.org/