cant get emails through outlook express
 

all of a sudden i am getting this error message when trying to download my mails
been working great and no problems upon till now , anyone know what it means ??
tia

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'kevin br..n', Server: 'smtp.v21net.co.uk', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I get this error at times

Exit OE and open again this normally sorts it out :D
Or a Reboot

MS info link below regarding ports etc

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191687/EN-US/

Cheers Nick

If rebooting fails, have you recently gone over to broadband?


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yes i went over to broadband last week , i booted up again today and everythings is ok
bloody computers :brickwall :brickwall

thanks

Tools > Accounts (Highlight) > Properties > Connections and check that "Always Connect Using" is set to Local Area Network

Or use switch to Mozilla Thunderbird and say goodbye to buggy software and constant security compromises...

yeah right..
I get Tbird telling me my username isnt VALID on a send/recieve!!! :( :cry:

oh, and the outlook tips above didnt help either :cry:

just keep either telling me my username is not recognised, or asking a password.. so I put the usual in and it f*c*in fails!!!! :cry :cry: :(

Right, I think I know what this is. Your outgoing e-mails MUST use the outgoing mail server of your broadband ISP, not the outgoing mail server of the mail account. But the incoming mail server remains the server of the mail provider.

Thus, if you are (say) using GMail, then the outgoing server should be set as your ISP's server, with your ISP's login; and the incoming server set as the GMail one with your login for that.

If your ISP is also providing the mail account, then I'm not sure.


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