Make sure you're not scanning incoming and outgoing mail with a virus
scanner. You may need to uninstall and reinstall the AV without the option
to make it truly stop.

Please note that Outlook Express is part of Internet Explorer. For OE help
post in the OE newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...&lang=en&cr=US

Microsoft Office is part of Microsoft Office, which this group supports.

--
Kathleen Orland - MVP Outlook
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Tim Witort" wrote:

OE6 on WinXP Home

My wife uses OE6 from a WinXP machine connecting to the net
via a Netgear wireless router. The machine has four user
accounts on it - one for her, me, and our two kids. When she
goes to check her email, she logs into her account, then starts
OE. Every time she does this, she gets the error:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: "pop.bizmail.
yahoo.com", Server: "pop.bizmail.yahoo.com" Protocol: POP3, Port
110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x8000CCC0E

The same error occurs (except for referring to SMTP) when trying
to send mail.

If she reboots the PC, then logs in and starts OE, everything
works fine. This can be reproduced every time. No reboot - she
gets the error. Reboot first - it works fine.

When the error is occuring, she can still access the internet,
so a wireless disconnect isn't happening. She has also tried the
"Repair" option on the wireless connection, but even after doing
that, the error occurs. A reboot is the only thing that allows
OE to send and receive mail.

She is the only one who uses this machine for mail. I do my email
from my work machine.

Any ideas on what's wrong and how to fix?

thanks,
-- TRW
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