I also have received the error message "The connection to the server has
failed. Account: 'pop.freeserve.com', Server: 'smtp.freeserve.com', Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number:
0x800CCC0E"

As Michael suggested I tried ports 587 and 465 but to no effect. Have
Wanadoo got a bug?

"Iang" wrote in message
...
I also have received the error message "The connection to the server has
failed. Account: 'pop.freeserve.com', Server: 'smtp.freeserve.com',
Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number:
0x800CCC0E"

As Michael suggested I tried ports 587 and 465 but to no effect. Have
Wanadoo got a bug?


I can't ping that server either ...check with your provider as to whether
you have the proper smtp server (or if its down at the moment)

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:51:19 -0800, Iang wrote:

I also have received the error message "The connection to the server has
failed. Account: 'pop.freeserve.com', Server: 'smtp.freeserve.com', Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number:
0x800CCC0E"

I just tried to use a Telnet session. I get a "Connect failed - Could not
open a connection to smtp.freeserve.com" error, using port 25.

As Michael suggested I tried ports 587 and 465 but to no effect. Have
Wanadoo got a bug?

There is no "Reference" header line in your post. If you already have a
thread going, it would be a big help to reply to the original thread
instead of starting a new one. I can't find any reference to Michael, or
why he would make such a suggestion.

My suggestion would be to contact Freeserve; they seem to be the ones with
a problem. Of course, they could just be non-responsive to "foreign" IP
address connections; "foreign" in this case meaning not a part of their
network.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

You'd have to talk to Wanadoo to find out what they allow. Using ports
587 or 465 is a possible workaround when an ISP blocks external SMTP
servers. It doesn't work in all situations. Depends on how determined
the ISP is.

But there are other causes to that error message as well.

How to troubleshoot error messages that you receive when try to send and
receive e-mail in Outlook and in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514


--

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


"Iang" wrote in message
...
I also have received the error message "The connection to the server
has
failed. Account: 'pop.freeserve.com', Server: 'smtp.freeserve.com',
Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number:
0x800CCC0E"

As Michael suggested I tried ports 587 and 465 but to no effect. Have
Wanadoo got a bug?

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:05:36 -0800, Michael Santovec wrote:

You'd have to talk to Wanadoo to find out what they allow. Using ports
587 or 465 is a possible workaround when an ISP blocks external SMTP
servers. It doesn't work in all situations. Depends on how determined
the ISP is.

Actually, it depends more upon whether the remote mail service uses those
ports. I use 'smpt.mail.yahoo.co.jp'. Port 465 and port 587 don't work with
that server; not because my ISP blocks them outbound, but because they
aren't listening for traffic on those ports inbound.

There is no reason to block either port, and an ISP which does so (I know
of none which do) is wrong to do so. It won't have the same impact on spam
and viruses as blocking outbound port 25 does.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum