svejkat wrote:

I have ver 6 of OE and I just started getting this error message:The
connection to the server has failed. Account: 'POP.WEST.COX.NET', Server:
'SMTP.WEST.COX.NET', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 4500, Secure(SSL): No, Socket
Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

Hw do I fix it? thanks

Um, what's with the port 4500? POP normally uses port 110.

telnet POP.WEST.COX.NET 110
(responds immediately)

telnet POP.WEST.COX.NET 4500
(no response)

So when did you decide to use port 4500?