I can receive mail from all my accounts. Interestinglingly I can send mail
with with my hotmail HTTP account but can't send with my Hotmail POP3
account. I get the error message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'POP3', Server:
'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error:
10051, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I tried deleting the POP3 account and making a new one but this did not
solve the problem. I have set Norton not to scan incoming or outgoing
messages.

According to the archives
http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp

The problem seems to be "The client connects to a port that is blocked or
unavailable on the mail server. If the client is trying to send a message,
the blocked port is 25"

However the other two mail accounts in OE6 also use port 25 to send mail and
don't have any problem.

Does anyone know if Hotmail are experiencing problems with their SMTP
outgoing mail server?

Could it be that my POP3 settings are not correct?
I am using the settings below:

Your help and suggestions would be appreciated

Kind Regards
Chris

Advanced tab:
Outgoing mail SMTP 25
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Incoming POP3 995 (does not work with port 110)
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Server timeouts 1 minute short

Sending dont tick break apart messages larger than 60 KB

OE6 Settings-
General Tab:

Name server
pop3.live.com


Tick include this account when receiving mail or syncronizing

Servers Tab:
Incoming: pop3.live.com
Outgoing: smtp.live.com

Tick remenber password
Dont tick log on using secure Password
Tick outgoing server required authentication

under settings Logon info

Dont tick log on using secure Password authentication

Connection Tab:
Tick nothing

Security tab
Algorithm: 3DES

Try changing the Outgoing (SMTP) Port to 587, as your ISP may be blocking
Port 25. See
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!171.entry
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Chris wrote:
I can receive mail from all my accounts. Interestinglingly I can send mail
with with my hotmail HTTP account but can't send with my Hotmail POP3
account. I get the error message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'POP3', Server:
'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error:
10051, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I tried deleting the POP3 account and making a new one but this did not
solve the problem. I have set Norton not to scan incoming or outgoing
messages.

According to the archives
http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp

The problem seems to be "The client connects to a port that is blocked or
unavailable on the mail server. If the client is trying to send a message,
the blocked port is 25"

However the other two mail accounts in OE6 also use port 25 to send mail
and
don't have any problem.

Does anyone know if Hotmail are experiencing problems with their SMTP
outgoing mail server?

Could it be that my POP3 settings are not correct?
I am using the settings below:

Your help and suggestions would be appreciated

Kind Regards
Chris

Advanced tab:
Outgoing mail SMTP 25
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Incoming POP3 995 (does not work with port 110)
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Server timeouts 1 minute short

Sending dont tick break apart messages larger than 60 KB

OE6 Settings-
General Tab:

Name server
pop3.live.com


Tick include this account when receiving mail or syncronizing

Servers Tab:
Incoming: pop3.live.com
Outgoing: smtp.live.com

Tick remenber password
Dont tick log on using secure Password
Tick outgoing server required authentication

under settings Logon info

Dont tick log on using secure Password authentication

Connection Tab:
Tick nothing

Security tab
Algorithm: 3DES

Thanks very much PA Bear, this solved the issue for me. I had recently
changed my ISP and never suspected this issue.

By the way I apologise for the triple posts of the same question but every
time I tried to post I got an error message that said something like there
was a problem posting and please try later the error has been reported . Also
it took me three times to try and reply to this thread. I don't know why. Is
there a problem with the newsgroups page I wonder or perhaps my IE settings
are at issue?

Kind Regards
Chris

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Try changing the Outgoing (SMTP) Port to 587, as your ISP may be blocking
Port 25. See
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!171.entry
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Chris wrote:
I can receive mail from all my accounts. Interestinglingly I can send mail
with with my hotmail HTTP account but can't send with my Hotmail POP3
account. I get the error message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'POP3', Server:
'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error:
10051, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I tried deleting the POP3 account and making a new one but this did not
solve the problem. I have set Norton not to scan incoming or outgoing
messages.

According to the archives
http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp

The problem seems to be "The client connects to a port that is blocked or
unavailable on the mail server. If the client is trying to send a message,
the blocked port is 25"

However the other two mail accounts in OE6 also use port 25 to send mail
and
don't have any problem.

Does anyone know if Hotmail are experiencing problems with their SMTP
outgoing mail server?

Could it be that my POP3 settings are not correct?
I am using the settings below:

Your help and suggestions would be appreciated

Kind Regards
Chris

Advanced tab:
Outgoing mail SMTP 25
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Incoming POP3 995 (does not work with port 110)
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Server timeouts 1 minute short

Sending dont tick break apart messages larger than 60 KB

OE6 Settings-
General Tab:

Name server
pop3.live.com


Tick include this account when receiving mail or syncronizing

Servers Tab:
Incoming: pop3.live.com
Outgoing: smtp.live.com

Tick remenber password
Dont tick log on using secure Password
Tick outgoing server required authentication

under settings Logon info

Dont tick log on using secure Password authentication

Connection Tab:
Tick nothing

Security tab
Algorithm: 3DES

If you access this and other MS newsgroups via the free MS newsserver in OE,
you won't encounter such problems, Chris. (What you describe has been a
problem for well over a week when posting via the web-interface. MS is
aware of the problem but hasn't done bupkiss about it yet.)

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general =link
will open in OE!

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

Chris wrote:
Thanks very much PA Bear, this solved the issue for me. I had recently
changed my ISP and never suspected this issue.

By the way I apologise for the triple posts of the same question but every
time I tried to post I got an error message that said something like there
was a problem posting and please try later the error has been reported .
Also it took me three times to try and reply to this thread. I don't know
why. Is there a problem with the newsgroups page I wonder or perhaps my IE
settings are at issue?

Kind Regards
Chris

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Try changing the Outgoing (SMTP) Port to 587, as your ISP may be blocking
Port 25. See
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!171.entry
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Chris wrote:
I can receive mail from all my accounts. Interestinglingly I can send
mail
with with my hotmail HTTP account but can't send with my Hotmail POP3
account. I get the error message:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'POP3', Server:
'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error:
10051, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I tried deleting the POP3 account and making a new one but this did not
solve the problem. I have set Norton not to scan incoming or outgoing
messages.

According to the archives
http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp

The problem seems to be "The client connects to a port that is blocked
or
unavailable on the mail server. If the client is trying to send a
message,
the blocked port is 25"

However the other two mail accounts in OE6 also use port 25 to send mail
and
don't have any problem.

Does anyone know if Hotmail are experiencing problems with their SMTP
outgoing mail server?

Could it be that my POP3 settings are not correct?
I am using the settings below:

Your help and suggestions would be appreciated

Kind Regards
Chris

Advanced tab:
Outgoing mail SMTP 25
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Incoming POP3 995 (does not work with port 110)
tick this server requires secure connection SSL
Server timeouts 1 minute short

Sending dont tick break apart messages larger than 60 KB

OE6 Settings-
General Tab:

Name server
pop3.live.com


Tick include this account when receiving mail or syncronizing

Servers Tab:
Incoming: pop3.live.com
Outgoing: smtp.live.com

Tick remenber password
Dont tick log on using secure Password
Tick outgoing server required authentication

under settings Logon info

Dont tick log on using secure Password authentication

Connection Tab:
Tick nothing

Security tab
Algorithm: 3DES

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:47:01 -0800, Chris wrote:

By the way I apologise for the triple posts of the same question but every
time I tried to post I got an error message that said something like there
was a problem posting and please try later the error has been reported . Also
it took me three times to try and reply to this thread. I don't know why. Is
there a problem with the newsgroups page I wonder or perhaps my IE settings
are at issue?

People who use newsreaders, instead of web browsers, aren't having that
problem. It is a problem with the web interface to the newsgroups; a problem
that is only encountered by people using a web browser. I don't know that
there is anything that you can do with a browser to fix the problem. The
groups are actually hosted on NNTP servers, and HTTP access requires some
kind of funky kludge. When it doesn't work, all bets are off.

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