Michael,

this sounds very strange, especially you should get a confirmation mail. Please check you mail server configuration, maybe it does not allow relay mails. Try entering an email directly into the text box, this has to get out, regardless of roles and (hidden) language selection.

Sebastian

I went in to the Event Log and the last time I tried to send teh event log noted an exception. I have pasted it below

Is there something going on here, as it says it can't find the SMTP

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: 5e89c869-695a-46af-94cc-7f50bdee7ca0
InnerException: The SMTP host was not specified.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.CheckHostAndPort
StackTrace:
Message: System.InvalidOperationException: The SMTP host was not specified. at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.CheckHostAndPort() at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message) at DotNetNuke.Services.Mail.Mail.SendMail(String MailFrom, String MailTo, String Cc, String Bcc, String ReplyTo, MailPriority Priority, String Subject, Mailformat Bodyformat, Encoding BodyEncoding, String Body, String[] Attachment, String SMTPServer, String SMTPAuthentication, String SMTPUsername, String SMTPPassword, Boolean SMTPEnableSSL)
Source:
Server Name: WINDOWS2003

Thank you Alex and Sebastian.

After reading the article it all kicked in to place. I had settings sorted for one account but not the other. I found the SMTP settings by logging in as HOST, then selecting HOST SETTINGS and then ADVANCED; finally SMTP settings – changing them then clicking the update button

Thanks you all for your help and assistance, much appreciated

Michael