[HTC Excalibur] cornell2:
yes yes yes yes yes

After 11 hours of testing and troubleshooting over the past 2 weeks - we've definitely covered the basics.

In case you were wondering

+ the phone is turned on

+ I am pressing the buttons on the device as opposed to trying to use tele-kinetic ability (which can be inconsistent)

+ My eyes are opened and are in working order

+ I made sure I was in no tunnels, caves, canyons or steel-concrete enclosed bomb shelters

+ I verified that my network provider (T-Mobile) did not go out of business, or suddenly remove all their cell towers

+ I verified that most my 2,000 email contacts (potential recipients) have not been abducted by aliens who also deleted their email accounts.

Also

+ This is happening with 2 different email accounts.

+ The Pop3 and smtp servers are indeed working - since

a. I am able to put the settings in my PC, and another phone device (a older sprint phone that allows me to setup pop/smtp) - send/recieve emails work fine

+ Emails were working fine before I upgraded to WM 6.1

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+ EMails worked ok for the first 2-3 days then the trouble started.

+ I can only get emails to send now when I delete the account, and create a new one (with identical settings). This lasts for a few hours before it fails to send.

+ I've been on the phone troubleshooting with tmobile and my hosting company for hours on end - trying all sorts of funky settings and tests ...

They hosting company seems to have determined that the smtp request is never getting to them; tmobile verified in great detail that the network is working.

Their idea was something along the lines of "the email client part of upgrade of WM 6.1 seems to be deleting a security certificate" or something .

I dunno about that - but it is clear that something is going on with the email client. The network, and email hosting is just fine, as are the settings.

Hope some of this helps - and that someone has some ideas I can try.

Oh - and just to pre-empt some suggestions:

1. No I won't change to linux, a mac or an iphone - but thanks for the suggestion.

2. I have checked out that I have not transported into an alternate reality, where everything is pretty much the same as in this reality - except my emails don't work.

3. Yes, I am using a Dash/HTC s670 - the battery is charged, and I have powered down, taken the battery and sim card out, hopped on one foot and made sure I have no other software running (even on all my pc's) before I powered it back on.

4. Yes, I can make phone calls and do everything else

5. yes, I have an internet connection - and the proper one (GPRS - but have also tried this via the wifi connection.

6. No I am not talking on the phone or browsing the internet during the ill-fated email sending.

7. I am pretty sure there is no conspiracy between t-mobile and my hosting company to block me from sending emails - only from this phone.

8. There are no unusual limitations or special issues with my hosting company about sending these emails.

9. I've tried sending to myself, others, multiples etc ... no difference.

10. It happens with more than one email address/domain.

Thanks for all the help! Sincerely. Thanks. I really need to solve this.