This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL and OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

Is it a US- or CA-based Yahoo account?

Your current Identity may have been damaged by NAV, 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 [not available 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 shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
Hi

Thanks for the advice. I disabled norton from scanning incoming or
outcoming emails, but the same problem. With the Yahoo account, when it
gets to the "authorising stage" it just keeps prompting and failing on
username and password.

Ive tried

myname
password

and


password

and both fail!

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL and
OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port:
995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and
pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set
up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me
how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

Hi

Thanks for the advice. I disabled norton from scanning incoming or
outcoming emails, but the same problem. With the Yahoo account, when it
gets to the "authorising stage" it just keeps prompting and failing on
username and password.

Ive tried

myname
password

and


password

and both fail!

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL and
OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and
pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set
up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

Hi

I'm based in the UK, but I am not sure if my account is based in the US or
in CA.

I'll try recreating the identity a couple of times though and see if that
helps. Ive never used outlook express before, so I just wasnt sure if I
might be doing something stupid

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Is it a US- or CA-based Yahoo account?

Your current Identity may have been damaged by NAV, 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 [not available 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 shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
Hi

Thanks for the advice. I disabled norton from scanning incoming or
outcoming emails, but the same problem. With the Yahoo account, when it
gets to the "authorising stage" it just keeps prompting and failing on
username and password.

Ive tried

myname
password

and


password

and both fail!

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL
and
OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port:
995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and
pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set
up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me
how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to
get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

X-post to OE General

You'll find the correct OE settings for UK-based accounts )
he http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/mail/pop/pop-06.html

QP
POP3: pop3.mail.yahoo.co.uk
SMTP: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk
Do *not* check the boxes labeled "Log on using Secure..."
/QP

POP3 access is not free for US- ) or CA- )
based accounts that are not part of an agreement between your ISP and Yahoo.
--
~PA Bear

Adam Douglas wrote:
I'm based in the UK, but I am not sure if my account is based in the US or
in CA.

I'll try recreating the identity a couple of times though and see if that
helps. Ive never used outlook express before, so I just wasnt sure if I
might be doing something stupid

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Is it a US- or CA-based Yahoo account?

Your current Identity may have been damaged by NAV, 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 [not available 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 shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
Hi

Thanks for the advice. I disabled norton from scanning incoming or
outcoming emails, but the same problem. With the Yahoo account, when it
gets to the "authorising stage" it just keeps prompting and failing on
username and password.

Ive tried

myname
password

and


password

and both fail!

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL
and
OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port:
995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and
pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to
set
up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me
how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to
get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed
the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam

In ,
Adam Douglas wibbled :
Hi

I'm based in the UK, but I am not sure if my account is based in the
US or in CA.

I'll try recreating the identity a couple of times though and see if
that helps. Ive never used outlook express before, so I just wasnt
sure if I might be doing something stupid

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Is it a US- or CA-based Yahoo account?

Your current Identity may have been damaged by NAV, 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 [not available 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 shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also
cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional
protection. --
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
Hi

Thanks for the advice. I disabled norton from scanning incoming or
outcoming emails, but the same problem. With the Yahoo account,
when it gets to the "authorising stage" it just keeps prompting and
failing on username and password.

Ive tried

myname
password

and


password

and both fail!

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using
OL and
OE
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514

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.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Adam Douglas wrote:
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password
was rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server:
'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR
invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number:
0x800CCC92" I am 100% certain I am entering the right password.
Ive copied
and pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me
to set up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is
beyond me how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook
to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name
format:

I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail,
followed the instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly
failed saying "password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into
the webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot
proof instructions before it sends me mad!

Adam


Off the wall Adam, you sure yours is a yahoo.com account and not a
yahoo.co.uk?
We have both and they're most definitely not interchangeable.
--
--

Dinna say it canna be done, rather what one would require to do it!
PGP key DSS:0xBAAE63B5 ICQ 227-494-693
If the answer is offensive maybe the question was inappropriate
The fiend of my fiend is my enema!

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
This might help:

This is the error message I get with my own yahoo account:

"There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"

I am 100% certain I am entering the right password. Ive copied and pasted
what I put in into the web page to sign in and was succesful

"Adam Douglas" wrote in message
...
Hello

I have never used outlook express before, but a friend asked me to set up
a
PC for her mum, which was simple enough - other than it is beyond me how
to
use Outlook. I have followed what seems logic to set up outlook to get
and
send emails from her account - and it simply fails all the time.

I used server names:

pop.freeserve.co.uk
smtp.freeserve.co.uk

The account she has is a broadband connection, account name format:



I even tried to set up my PC to pick up my yahoo webmail, followed the
instructions on yahoo.com exactly and it constantly failed saying
"password
invalid" (but i checked I had the right password by signing into the
webmail)

I am guessing everyone here must know how to use freeserve... am
wondering
if anyone can help or point me in the direction of some idiot proof
instructions before it sends me mad!


Try removing the account and closing OE.
Then open OE and add the account again.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.