Hi, I use news.cis.dfn.de. I want to send using a fake email address, however when i try to post i get this error msg Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'test', Account: 'news.cis.dfn.de', Server: 'news.cis.dfn.de', Protocol: NNTP, Server Response: '441 From: address contains invalid domain part ()', Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9 does this mean they dont allow this? how can i get around this? thanks for any help