A likely cause for this error message is your antivirus.
Windows Mail is not compatible with most McAfee or Norton
security programs. Those will need to be uninstalled.
Replace with a more compatible antivirus like the free Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Gary VanderMolen
"pendo86" <pendo86@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A7D591A-68FD-4430-AC84-06850EBC3B03@microsoft.com...
> My Windows Mail started playing up on me yesterday. It was working fine
> before hand, but since starting up my laptop yesterday it's been a bugger.
> There's seems to be several things wrong - I hope someone here can help me:
>
>
> 1. I can't receive any e-mails. When I am trying to receive an e-mail I get
> this error message:
> "An unknown error has occurred. Account: 'mail.thereddwarfzone.co.uk',
> Server: 'mail.thereddwarfzone.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
> No, Error Number: 0x80004005"
>
> My account details are correct and have not been changed since they were
> working yesterday.
>
>
>
>
> 2. My 'Inbox' says there are 6 new messages, however when I click to view my
> 'Inbox' I am told:
> "There are no items in this view."
>
>
>
>
> 3. There is one message in my 'Deleted Items' folder. If I click to view
> this message it says:
> "Message could not be displayed
> Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
> message. "Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again.
>
> My laptop isn't low on memory or disk space. I am also unable to delete this
> message. If I try to delete it, either by clicking on it and pressing Delete
> or by emptying my 'Deleted Items' folder, I am presented with the following
> error message:
> "An unknown error has occurred."
>
>
>
>
> 4. My 'Junk E-mail' folder has 5 new messages, however on clicking the
> folder I am again told "There are no items in this view." On trying to empty
> my 'Junk E-mail' folder I am again presented with a "An unknown error has
> occurred." message, and on clicking "OK" another message appears:
> "Some of the items in the 'Junk E-mail' folder could not be deleted.
> An error has occurred."
>
>
> I am using Windows Mail version 6 on Windows Vista. Any help would be much
> appreciated.