...I don't
have anti virus or firewall loaded at the moment just incase this was
causing problem.

The absence of an anti-virus app may BE the problem!

Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


andyr wrote:
Hi PA BEAR
thanks for your input, but unfortunately i am no further forward. I don't
have anti virus or firewall loaded at the moment just incase this was
causing problem. I have tried increaseing the time out in oe advanced
properties but still no luck. now looking for a big hammer to give
computer a technical tap.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

paste
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus
Auto-Protect scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive,
including email and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another
layer on top of this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the
maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate
regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus definitions.
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http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106

Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL
and OE http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

andyr wrote:
can someone help please, I am having problems sending e-mail. I get
the message "the connection to the server has failed, account
pop.wanadoo.co.uk, server smtp.wanadoo.co.uk, protocol smtp port 25
secure (ssl) socket error 10060, error number 0x800ccc0e". Ive
contacted wanadoo with no luck, re installed computer software back
to factory spec several times, reset profile updated explorer, now
left with no new way to proceed. any ideas.
Regards.