When all else fails...

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- WinXP SP2 only: If your machine is fully up-to-date at Windows Update, installing the following patch (KB918766) will help to avoid such data loss in the futu http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...2-98af2256ccc3

This patch will be included in the next Cumulative Update for Outlook Express/WinXP SP2.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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~PA Bear


M Mordkovych wrote:

Hi PA!

1) Yes, both machines have same Compuserve Classic
2) Yes both runnign Win98SE
3) Yes its configured as POP3 on both machines.

Any ideas?

"PA Bear" wrote in message
.. .

Are you running Compuserve Classic on the machine in question, too? Is

the machine in question also running Win98? Is the Compuserve account
configured as a POP3 account on the second machine?


You're more than welcome to read the archived threads about this issue

which are found at the link I posted earlier:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...rt=0&scoring=d

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~PA Bear

M Mordkovych wrote:

Sure I can! I am doing it on second system w/o any problems. (I am using
Compuserve Classic with Win98)
Right now I am accesing this group via Compuserve.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
I'm not certain you can access compuserve accounts via POP3:

OLEXP: How to Configure Outlook Express for CompuServe 2000 IMAP E-Mail:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255186/

Posts to any MS newsgroup with 0x800CCC18, pop3, and compuserve in them
(Google Groups archive):




http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...rt=0&scoring=d



@M Mordkovych: You say you have the account running in OE on another
machine. Is it configured for IMAP, not POP3, on that machine?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Bruce Hagen wrote:
I'm not sure I can help, although someone else will probably come along.

The only references I found for this logon error we

http://www.modemhelp.net/oeerrors/oe...800ccc18.shtml
and:
http://www.desiant.com/tutorials/emailerrors/index.asp

"M Mordkovych" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, it didnt help.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and
test it. If all is well, you can import your messages from the old
identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"M Mordkovych" wrote in message
...
Hi!

Without Secure Authorization it asks for username and password and
never
accepts them (on the second machine it's not asking, Compusevre Logon
is
already done by DUN)





"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Does Compuserve require you to use Secure Password Authentication?
Very
few
servers do.

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Servers. Remove the check
mark, close and open OE, and try.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"M Mordkovych" wrote in message
...
I am unable to get to mailbox :
(mailbox is active and all settings are right, b/c I am able to
check
this
mailbox from the other system). Please help

Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication.
Account:
'pop.compuserve.com', Server: 'pop.compuserve.com', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number:
0x800CCC18