Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply,
i had re-typed everything in those boxes three or four times,
then earlier today i remembered that NTL's helpline is a free
number, so i rang them. Eventually i got through.
Turns out my username was incorrect.
The end part of the username ... "@ntlworld.com"
is not part of the username.
Ive never altered those settings since i got ntl, so i think
that they have altered things at their end, my email was ok
with it for many months till about a week ago, and the girl
at the support centre seemed to go straight for that before
anything else, so i wonder if i'm not the first with this
email query.
Anyway, however it happened, its ok now and i am happy again,
Cheers, John