Vista - email doesnt work

01-10-2009

just bought new computer with and new to windows mail. i am having problems
sending and recieving email. my internet provider said eveything was good on
their part. i thought i had it fixed after i checked the authentication box
everthing was working fine and now all of a sudden i am getting a different
error message. can anyone help. see error message below:

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'problem again', Account:
'pop.midstatesd.net', Server: 'smtp.midstatesd.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

01-10-2009

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and may be causing the problem.

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 Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Brenda63 wrote:

Quote:

> just bought new computer with and new to windows mail. i am having
> problems
> sending and recieving email. my internet provider said eveything was good
> on
> their part. i thought i had it fixed after i checked the authentication
> box
> everthing was working fine and now all of a sudden i am getting a
> different
> error message. can anyone help. see error message below:
>
> The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'problem again', Account:
> 'pop.midstatesd.net', Server: 'smtp.midstatesd.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
> 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

01-10-2009	#1 (permalink)
Brenda63 n/a posts	email doesnt work just bought new computer with and new to windows mail. i am having problems sending and recieving email. my internet provider said eveything was good on their part. i thought i had it fixed after i checked the authentication box everthing was working fine and now all of a sudden i am getting a different error message. can anyone help. see error message below: The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'problem again', Account: 'pop.midstatesd.net', Server: 'smtp.midstatesd.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
My System Specs

01-10-2009	#2 (permalink)
PA Bear [MS MVP] n/a posts	Re: email doesnt work Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no additional protection and may be causing the problem. 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 Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ Brenda63 wrote: Quote: > just bought new computer with and new to windows mail. i am having > problems > sending and recieving email. my internet provider said eveything was good > on > their part. i thought i had it fixed after i checked the authentication > box > everthing was working fine and now all of a sudden i am getting a > different > error message. can anyone help. see error message below: > > The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'problem again', Account: > 'pop.midstatesd.net', Server: 'smtp.midstatesd.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: > 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
My System Specs

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