I was just able to Telnet into mail.ev1.net, so the server name is
valid.

If you get that once in a while, it could be a temporary server problem.

You'll also get that error if you don't have an active Internet
connection when you try to download mail.

The curious part is that you say that your mail does download. Look in
OE at Tools, Accounts, Mail. Do you have more than one mail account?
If so, it could be that one is failing and one is working. If you have
a dial-up connection and are not connected to your ISP when you open OE
and one of the accounts is set to dial (Tools, Accounts, Mail,
Properties, Connection) and the other isn't, and OE tries the one not
set to dial first, then you will get that problem.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Nancy" wrote in message
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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?