Re: what are the email programs that are still compatible with XP and support encrypted connections ?

JJ,

> You could switch to OE Classic.

No, I couldn't.  :-|

As far as I've been able to tell it doesn't "do" newsgroups.  And thats what 
I (most of the time) use OE6 for.

... besides it being "buy crippeled, pay to upgrade" software (I don't blame 
them), which I would need to do as I have, including the garbage one, more 
than two email adresses.

Also, OE6 seems to have every feature I need*, meaning there is no reason to 
change away from it.

* ok, ok, I have added a few myself. :-)

So, I decided that upgrading the email SSL encryption of OE6 (thru a small 
wrapper) was the best move.   Which has now been running for almost a year.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser