I am using Sergey's CDO 2000 email class and i'm encountering some problems that look like connection/authentication issues. The error msg is attached, but the returned error is....

ERROR: :1429 # send # 375 # 0x00000213
CDO.Message.1 The transport failed to connect to the server.

First off, is the following from http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~CdoEmail correct, that Outlook Express [or Outlook] has to be installed on the PC?

"You will need to have Windows 2000 and MS Outlook Express for this to work, although I think you might be able to use a substitute for outlook express."

I'm wondering if the basic auth and the SMTPUsesSSL settings are the issue. Strangly, moving away from a thirdparty email add-on that worked without having to specify an email account name (just a password) somne are reporting a "User name/password is required for basic authentication" message using the CDO method. Any ideas?