Vista - 0x800ccc0f error message

Hope you can help ... I have been using windows email for over a year and a few days ago I got this error message using my windows mail ..

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

I started reading the posts and deleted my AVG Free Antivirus, replaced it with windows defender and spyware doctor without the antivirus engine that I have been using for over a year. I downloaded windows live mail as I have read ... and in windows live mail I still got the same error message. So I am still at square one trying to find out how to fix this error message. I'm looking forward to your reply.

I am having the same problem, to receive and send emails.


"mikey55" wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:37:01 -0700, dtdirceu wrote:
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With the '*.att.yahoo.com' mail servers? Or another provider's mail servers?

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

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:17 -0500, mikey55 wrote:
Often an indication of a conflict with email scanning.
You are absolutely, positively certain that neither Windows Defender, nor
Spyware Doctor are trying to scan the email? In Windows Live Mail, you have
selected, "Log on using clear text authentication"? (Radio button.)

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

I am back to having the same exact problem. This time, It is NOT due to ATT changing the address of the SMTP gateways.

If someone finds the cause and the fix for this? Please let me know.!!!!

Hey Mikey,

Try this (it worked for me):

Deleting the secure key worked perfectly.

In Windows Live Mail:
1. Click on Tools
2. Click on Safety Options
3. Click on Security
4. Click on Digital IDs
5. Under the Personal tab you will see a digital id. Highlight it and click the Remove button.
6. Start up Windows Live Mail and start sending....at least this is what fixed it for me as well.

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:02:13 -0500, sawdustar wrote:
You are not the first to fix this problem by removing a security certificate
from the Digital ID area. Where are you guys getting this certificate? I
don't have one in my copy of Windows Live Mail. Also, I did have an expired
trial certificate from Thawte in Thunderbird which caused a similar error in
T-Bird. You folks do know that these certs expire, don't you?

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

Norman,
I have NO CLUE where these are coming from. I've never gotten a digital id and I don't plan on getting one. Just go along and one day? Poof.! You got one and it doesn't work any longer. How it got there? That's the question that begs to be answered.

Hi, Norman.

Hey, I have a certificate there, too!

Like Sawdustar, I have no idea where it came from. It says "RC" created it
on 12/2/2008 and it will expire 11/8/2108. (Plenty of time, right?)

I don't recall that anything special happened on 12/2/08 and I sure don't
recall creating a certificate on that date or any other. I started running
the Win7 pre-beta on 10/28/08, then installed the beta in January 09
(1/10/09?) and the RC on 4/30/09. I've never used anything from Thawte or
other certificate suppliers (except for a few limited experiments several
years ago). I did get an error message on MSN.com email this morning, but a
simple retry fixed it so I didn't note the error, but I think it was
0x800ccc0f.

Unless I learn something that stops me, I probably will Remove the
certificate later today.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dycpeonuwcpn$.dlg@xxxxxx

Same problem here. I'm using ATT.net. Got the hint from elsewhere to go
uncheck the SSL box for both outgoing and incoming, even thought ATT says
they must be checked. Now I can send and receive again.

"mikey55" wrote: