That is a fairly generic error that can be caused by many things including
e-mail scanning, (turn it off), incorrect account settings, (double check
them), modem problems, (reset it), and even server glitches.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the program
and reinstall in Custom Mode and uncheck e-mail scanning when the option
arises.

How to troubleshoot error messages that you receive when try to send and
receive e-mail in Outlook and in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...14&Product=oex
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Ben Hopkins" wrote in message
...
I have got this error message for the last 24 hours and am therefore unable
to send emails. Any suggestions?


The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'ashkat???', Account:
'mail.flyingmoon.com', Server: 'mail.flyingmoon.com', Protocol: SMTP,
Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E