I've been using Outlook 2003 for managing email from my ISP, Comcast.
All of a sudden it stopped working. I just get time out messages. I
went over the settings with the Comcast tech support, and they are
correct.

These are the error messages I get

Task 'mail.comcast.net - Sending' reported error (0x8004210B) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP)
server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

Task 'mail.comcast.net - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP)
server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

The support person told me to look for a patch on the Microsoft website
using the error message code, but all I could find was a 2004 patch
for the 2000 version of Outlook. Does any know where there is a 2003
patch for the same problem.

BTW, Microsoft tech support wants $35 for a service call, so maybe
someone out there has had this problem before and knows how to fix it.

Outlook and Outlook Express are entirely different programs. You will get
better help in an MS Outlook newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ThirdPartyUtil
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

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I've been using Outlook 2003 for managing email from my ISP, Comcast.
All of a sudden it stopped working. I just get time out messages. I
went over the settings with the Comcast tech support, and they are
correct.

These are the error messages I get

Task 'mail.comcast.net - Sending' reported error (0x8004210B) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP)
server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

Task 'mail.comcast.net - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP)
server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

The support person told me to look for a patch on the Microsoft website
using the error message code, but all I could find was a 2004 patch
for the 2000 version of Outlook. Does any know where there is a 2003
patch for the same problem.

BTW, Microsoft tech support wants $35 for a service call, so maybe
someone out there has had this problem before and knows how to fix it.