disabled the email scanning and here's the message i got instead.
The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'my mail',
Server: 'smtp.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No,
Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
> additional protection, it may be causing the error, and even Symantec says
> it's not necessary:
>
> <QP>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
> are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
> incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
> email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
> make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
> Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
> the most recent virus definitions.
> </QP>
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
>
> Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> bo wrote: Quote:
> > i checked my email today and was able to view all my incoming mails but
> > when
> > i tried to reply on one of them it won't go through.
> >
> > here's the error message.
> >
> > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> > for
> > this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> > inactivity. Subject 'fbgdf', Account: 'my mail', Server:
> > 'smtp.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket
> > Error: 10053, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
> >
> > tried to troubleshoot it via windows mail help but to no avail. pls help.
>
>