Your settings (as revealed in the error message) look fine.
When you got that error message were you sending from home,
or on a laptop away from home? Which antivirus?
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Kim" <Kim@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3482B770-88F5-44FC-AFD6-89099DF8A15C@xxxxxx
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> --
> Kim
>
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Kim wrote: Quote:
>> > I can receive messages, but I can't send messages. I have read other
>> > posts that discus the same issue, but the ISP I'm using is different
>> > than I've seen mentioned so far. Here is the error message I
>> > receive. Any suggestions for me?
>> >
>> > The connection to the server has failed.
>> >
>> > Subject 'New Email Address'
>> > Server: 'smtp.central.cox.net'
>> > Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0E
>> > Protocol: SMTP
>> > Port: 25
>> > Secure(SSL): No
>> > Socket Error: 10060
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> =================================
>> Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:
>>
>> Windows Vista and Cox High Speed Internet
>> http://tinyurl.com/6ozh28
>> or...
>> http://support.cox.com/sdccommon/asp...f-74dc6db8e566
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer MS-MVP
>> Digital Media Experience
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>> >
>
> Thank you for the advice, but I have followed all of Cox's instructions. I
> went through the links posted above again just to make sure I didn't miss
> something, but I haven't. I have even talked to Cox technical support people
> via online chat and telephone, and I still can't figure it out. Any other
> suggestions out there?
> Thank you!