Having read some of your earlier posts, perhaps you should have tried a new
profile with a new data file, ie not even having your old pst in the
profile.
It doesnt appear youve tried that, if you have, sorry for meddling

"stef" stef.bm_at_hotmail.removethis.com wrote in message
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DL,
u really don't want to know

Task 'smtp server name - Sending and Receiving' reported error
(0x8004210A): 'The operation timed out waiting for a response from the
receiving (POP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact
your server administrator or Internet service provide (ISP).'

if i use another email client, i do *not* get the error message. thus i
can be almost 100% sure it is an OL problem.

i have tried *countless* remedies, none of which have worked.

it is not my anti-virus or firewall, etc....

(i do not mind help with this error but it is a bit off topic for this
thread and i do not want to prevent others from replying to my original
post. anyone that reads this, i am still looking for an answer to
switch profile back to original one. thanks!)


DL wrote:
What err msgs?

"stef" stef.bm_at_hotmail.removethis.com wrote in message
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OL 2002 SP3
Win XP HE SP1


hi,

i have created a new profile for my OL, as i thought my
default/original
profile was corrupt as i was getting constant error messages.

it turns out i am getting the same error messages with the new profile
as well, so i guess i can eliminate the profile having been the issue.

in the new profile i have linked it to the default pst file--using same
pst file in new profile as in default/original profile.

i would thus like to go back to the default/original profile but do not
want to break anything, especially the "rules".

is there a correct procedure to follow to switch back to the
default/original profile without breaking anything?

i successfully followed the procedure here
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm to create and switch to
new profile but not sure how to reverse it.

thanks!