Thanks to Kevin, got ssl and fast mail working on receive except the line: #set smtp_url ="smtps://$my_user:$my_pass@$my_smtp_server:465/"
gets an error "unknown varriable smtp_url the myuser and mypass varriables are defined as they work on receive the necessary libraries are installed. went back to esmtp but not sure it's using ssl. Ideas? thanks tom fowle