"James C. Butler" wrote in message
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Working under XP sp2, Internet Explorer 7, OE6

Over the weekend I switched from dial-up to broadband.

OE 6 now fails to send or receive email and it has been so many years I cannot recall how to
configure it anew.

I get this error message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop3.email.msn.com', Server:
'smtp.email.msn.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0E

What am I doing wrong? Any advice?

Question 2: since I am aware that Outlook Express probably has a short life span ahead, is now the
time to switch to something else, like Outlook or Live Mail. I want to preserve my present email
address.

Thanks.

Jim

The last time I setup OE to use MSN on broadband, the server address had to be:
://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata
after choosing HTML, not POP, mail.
Check with your provider for the correct OE account settings.