Why is my send button permanently greyed out? (I can't send mail)

[Rune Morling <runeATblueplane dk gnome org>]

Hi all,

Could anyone offer any insights to as why in the name of Faidros
my send button stays greyed out, effectively keeping me from
utilizing balsa for half of it's main purpose (sending mail...)?

I've checked the FAQ, searched the bugzilla, looked through
the recent archives (2003) and searched deja.com. 
I have yet to find anyone describing an issue similar to 
the one I'm experiencing.
                                                                                                 
In an ancient post (2001, I believe) on usenet, someone mentioned,
that balsa checks to see if certain fields are filled out, before
it activates the send button. Could this be it?
                                                                                                 
I haven't actually looked around in the source at all, first
of all because I'm not that much of a programmer and well,
frankly, in a mature MUA such as balsa, I really shouldn't
need to?
                                                                                            
I'm using gentoo linux and balsa ver 2.0.9-r1. If necessary,
I will gladly offer further details about the compile-flags, etc.
                                                                                                 
I hope someone will be able to help me out - I've been pulling
my hair out for a couple of days now...
                                                                                                 
Cheers,
                                                                                                 
        Rune