I'm having a wierd PROBLEM, and haven't been able to find any info on it.  I built a new computer for my mother-in-law 2 wks ago.  Everything on it works great-- except her POP email and WebCT account login.   First the email:  When I type her name into the user display field, it all looks correct. Same with the signature option.  When sent, the receiver sees that the email is from MFEMF MFEMF (replacing her first and last name) and the signature is the same problem.  When I apply her settings to MY email software, it sends as it should.  When she uses the net version of her account, it works fine.   When I go into her email program and change the user display to anything else, it sends as it should.  If I add her name to it, her name, and her name only, comes out as MFEMF MFEMF, everytime, and everything else is correct.  Does this MAKE sense?  The secondary problem is that she can't log onto WebCT for her online school.   WebCT says "invalid user name" .   Her user name is her first and last name.  Her XP is registered in her first and last name.  Somehow these are interconnected, but how? Does anyone have any earthly idea what is CAUSING this? Thank you for any suggestions...

End of my rope,
jjw3For the second problem, you should contact the school for a username/password reset... Also, it would be a good idea to scan for Spyware and viruses at the same time...

[glb]Flame[/glb]have you contacted an exocirst? oh i am funny!? Sorry i don't really KNOW pop3, i just get my hotmail in OutlookLike I said, the two problems are interconnected/interrelated.  Changing the username at the school will only go around the problem, not fix it.   If anyone else has any ideas, let me know.  For example, where do I find (within XP)  information concerning the activation (user registration info)?  If I see that it is incorrect, then maybe I could change it.  Do you see where I'm GOING with this?  It's got something to do with the computer itself- not the email program; not the WebCT site.  Thanks to those that have replied.  

jjw3