Brian Tillman wrote:

stef stef.bm_at_hotmail.removethis.com wrote:

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.

That's not a valid conclusion. Using an antivirus package integrated
with Outlook (i.e., scanning mail) will cause this.


it is totally valid. also i do not use any AV integrated with OL nor do
i scan outgoing emails in the least.

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

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

What evidence do you have that it is not? i have shut down and
uninstalled everything and still get error messages. re-installed AV
obviously.

(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!)

Control Panel's Mail applet, where you created the second file in the
first place. Just choose the original profile as the default or
select the option to have Outlook prompt for which profile to use.

will this not break the rules? do i not have to disconnect
(remove--not delete) the original pst file that i am using with new
profile, *before* going back to default/original profile?