Hi Eric,   
      
    EL> What can I do or try?   
    EL>    
    EL> Somebody is using bbbs to exchange their mail with external smtp   
    EL> servers? Have you the "ffffffffffffffff" files on your message base   
    EL> folder? Where am I wrong?   
      
   I had the same problem when i was using BBBS SMTP what i have done was create   
   a empty file of this fff.......dat and then it worked..   
      
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