Everytime I receive or send emails my connection automatically drops and I am constantly re-connecting. I'm on dial-up.

Uncheck the box to disconnect after sending/receiving email. LIR

Thanks, Jennifer - but that box is NOT checked - ( I'm no geek, but could have figured that one out- ha ha) like I said if I receive messages it automatically drops - if I send - it then automatically drops - if it says there are no new messages -then it automatically drops.

Try this: Turn that box on > reboot into safe and mode turn it off > reboot normal.

Thank you - tried what you said, but im safe mode, no internet connection shows and it won't let me add one. (The dial-up screen shows none and the screen with the checked box is behind it and won't let me un-check it). It tells me some of mt programs are not available in safe mode and that must be one of them!

Outlook Drops Internet Connection My Outlook 2007 would too but I FIXED IT. Yours may vary but the idea is that I had to set up some exceptions.here is how I had to do it. I have a D-Link DIR-628. I opened a browser and logged into it by going to 192.168.0.1 in the url. In the advanced tab, virtual servers section, I created 2 virtual servers; 1 for POP3 and 1 for SMTP. these are my incoming and outgoing mail servers. For each of these, I had to indicate the IP address on my computer as well as the port numbers listed in Outlook for each. To find these go to Tools>Account Settings. Double-click your account and click on 'more settings'. Click on the 'advanced' tab and you should see the ports listed. Since doing this, it has not dropped yet. Good Luck! Drakenator

Drakenator guess you missed reading this in the OP's post "I'm on dial-up" There is no router calikate you can call the telephone company and ask them to do a line test. You may need to replace your modem.