BOAC and guys,
Great help there which gave me clues. I went another OE on another machine and it is setup like mine!!!
I am sending now but NOTHING goes into the 'sent items' folder. I cannot PUT anything in there either. When I delete the mails that are in the outbox they go into 'deleted items' which surprised me a bit. I can permanently delete them from there.
However, I can send if I do it manually - one at a time. If I forget to delete those already in there - I re-send everything and that can be annoying to the recipients.
So its the bit between SEND and the outbox where they go sending and then onto SENT ITEMS.
Any other thoughts?
Ta!
PPP