hey guys i've got a little anomole here.
im storing email to/from addresses in a table and fetching them at runtime to be plugged into the mailMsg.To Field.
well for some reason it only works if i hard code the info.
i.e.

mailMsg.To = "rik.***@str.com"

i've stepped thru debugger and the string looks exactly the same whether its hard coded or its passed from the table column

i know it's something simple - any help is appreciated
thanks
rik

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i found out where the problem was.
We have Mail Marshall on our network that was capturing it and blocking it.
it Cost me several hours of wondering what the heck happened.
Can u Believe it?
thanks
rik

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