I sounds like McAfee has slow down the mail check so much that the
connection to the mail server timed out.
Turn off the email scan.
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Ronald Sommer

"anil" wrote in message
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:I am connected to the internet, but my outlook express and mcafee anti
virus
: shows it is disconnected. on outlook express I get the response A time-out
: occurred while communicating with the server. Account:
'pop.freeserve.co.uk',
: Server: 'pop.freeserve.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No,
: Error Number: 0x800CCC19
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: anil