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From: Randy Boone (rboone_at_txwes.edu)
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:04:53 -0800

dont know if this will help you.

but at a CMD prompt you can try to Telnet to port 25 of
mail.comcast.net and see if you get a reply

when trying to telnet to Port25 of Mail.comcast.net i
recived the following error. Count not open connection
to the host on port 25: connection failed.

from this Error I would have to say the problem is with
Comcast not you. as there mail server is not answering.

Please see the following artical on Microsoft.com

XFOR: Telnet to Port 25 of IMC to Test IMC Communication

this artical ewxplanes how to use Telnet to test the IMC
for Internet mail. and this will work for any SMTP mail
server.

thanks

Randy Boone

>-----Original Message-----
>I am using a Dell Dimension 2350 with Windows XP. I am
conected to the
>internet via Comcast and using Outlook Express 6
(provided by Comcast) for
>my mail service. I have set up the properties of outlook
according to the
>instructions of Comcast. Now to the problem, I can not
send/receive mail. I
>have called customer support and they have confirmed
that my setting are
>indeed correct but they
>can go no further than that. The pop3
(mail.comcast.net. The smtp
>(smtp.comcast.net) the settings outgoing (25) pop3
(110) and I get
>nothing. It has worked for a long time prior to this.
Now the really
>strange part. I have put the settings at, outgoing
(465) Pop3 (995) These
>setting are used when you are traveling but have worked
for a time even
>though I am home Now I get nothing with any setting
Any thoughts , help,
>or ideas. Thanks OLDMAN
>
>
>.
>

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