On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:22:45 -0500, Nancy wrote:

upon opening O E and connecting I get the following message:

The host 'mail.ev1.net' could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly. Account: 'nancc', Server: 'mail.ev1.net',
Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0D

then it seems that my messages are downloaded
what is this error message trying to tell me and what should I do about it
what do I do to clear it?

"Host can't be found" errors can be DNS issues, or even email AV scan
issues. If the AV scanner is taking to long to process a scan, the
client may think that the host couldn't be found, even though the
scanning proxy actually found the host, and downloaded the email. I'd
guess that last from your description of the email actually downloading.

Turn of your AV email scanning. Leave the memory resident on-access
scanner running; that is all the AV protection you need. Email AV
scanning, especially with MS Outlook Express, runs the risk of
corrupting your message store.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum