"Mike Wilson" wrote in message
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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


I think Comcast uses port 587 for its SMTP server and requires
authentication. Look on their Web site for how to set it up

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