Re: Can't send e-mail

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Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no additional protection, it may be causing the problem, and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

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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.
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http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

If still no joy, contact your ISP to make sure you're using the correct settings.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Ginny wrote:
When I try to send from Windows Mail I get the following messages.

The host 'smtp.ctcn.net' could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly.
Subject 'Test', Account: 'Windows Mail', Server: 'smtp.ctcn.net', Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number:
0x800CCC0D

Account: 'Windows Mail', Server: 'pop.ctcn.net', Protocol: POP3, Server
Response: '.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC18

This has been a problem since I have had Vista for about 6 weeks. Help!

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