Background Noise
Well, it seems to have been the Micro$oft Update that has my email & Norton back on speaking terms!
I did have a look at the M$ site, but although I saw a patch for Outlook, I didn't see that one for Outlook Express. Anyway, I followed your suggested link, downloaded it, restarted PC and connected to the net etc. This time Norton *has* started automatically creating the various rules. (Re-creating the ones I deleted previously)
*And* the email is sending and receiving!! Happy days...
Thanks to all for the help and info and advice
Cheers for now
HJ
