>CDO doesn't come with OE,
>
>I never said that CDO came with OE. I said that the easiest way to get a
>default configuration was to set up web e-mail in OE < s >.

Oh, I see what you mean now. I got confused by the intervening messages. :-)

>Also, it doesn't install by default: you have to select it in the setup.
>
>I think that is the case for Win2K. I'm not so sure about XP Pro. I just installed
>XP Pro on a clean machine and CDOex is installed. I don't recall having to so anything special.

I haven't checked lately, so I can't say for sure which way it is, but I'm pretty sure they made it a you-have-to-choose-this setting for security reasons.

Have you guys checked out http://www.slipstick.com/ to see if Sue Mosher has any FAQs involving this error?