John, Thanks for the detailed answer. While the 4 sites I have on Netnation are small and pretty static, I do use their email and now that you mention it, establishing a connection to their SMTP server is taking a little longer then it should. I was planning on moving a clients email to Netnation but now I don't think so.. Thanks again for the heads up. -Marc

John, I'm using Netnation too. Service has been fine for me. I can't find anything about a merger - who bought them out?