See my comments in the text:

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

An SMTP mail server is for Sending, not receiving. A POP3 server is
used for Receiving.

Sorry for that mistake. I do know that, but did not think of it.

One possible cause would be to have a Message Rules (Tools, Message
Rules, Mail) with an action of Delete from server.

No. The problem is, that it checks for new messages, it gets a list of
those, then it _should_ retrive those, but does not. In stead, it deletes
them from the server, and logs off the pop3. Internet connection remains.
Proof: sending a picture of ~100KB should take a few seconds to download
(should be clearly visible), but - nothing happens. It is seen, that there is
a list of messages, which it gets (and then ??? trashes it), then it closes
without even telling how many there were.
It does not take any time to get the message body, it that part fails. The
test with a picture would have shown that.


You may want to try recording a pop3.log which will show more details
about incoming mail.

See post in main thread here. I have it.


To create an POP3.log In OE5+, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance,
Troubleshooting and check the Mail box.
You may need to close OE after doing the send/receive for the log to get
written to disk.

Welll.... it does not even get them from the server. There is nothing to save.

The log will be in the Store Folder which is listed in Tools, Options,
Maintenance, Store Folder.



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Sonnich Jensen" Sonnich wrote in
message ...
Hi

I have a problem with outlook express 6, that it downloads a list of
messages on the SMTP server, then it stops as normal, but
- it does not tell how many messages there are/were
- it does not download any messages
- it deletes the messages off the server
- it does not play any sound or show any sign, that it has downloaded
anything
- it does not show any error or anything.

Why this?

Everything else seems to work.

Would it be possible to update outlook ex by the internet, there is
"windows.update", but is there such a thing for outlook express?

BR
Sonnich