Bruce, I am not the originator of this thread, but the same thing is
happening to me. I disabled e-mail scanning of both incoming and outgoing
e-mail. Here is the message I am getting. Thanks for your help.

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'mail.comcast.net',
Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0F

Bruce Hagen wrote:
This is usually caused by scanning e-mail, or an anti-spam program.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

If this doesn't resolve it, post the error message in its entirety.

"Pat" wrote in message
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After 2 days of working on OE6 I finally got it running, and now I cannot
send or receive. The error msg. says my server has unexpectedly
terminated. Please help?