Re: OE 6.0 - No connection

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From: Jim Pickering (jimp_at_mvps.invalid)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:07:03 -0700

Many mail/news servers are set to disconnect after a time period with no
activitiy (on the keyboard). Some ISP's will do so after as little as 5
minutes while others will wait a longer period. If you minimize OE for an
extended period of time, the error is a normal one. 

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Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
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"Oldman" <pasalmon@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message 
news:D2ejc.37373$GR.5050538@attbi_s01...
> OE just recently started giving me an error message when I run the 
> program.
> It tells me that "No connection is currently available" and gives me 
> "Work
> offline" or "Try again" options.  When I press "Try again", OE downloads 
> my
> email.
>
> I have cable, so I always have a connection.  No dialup service is
> installed.  IE does not have this problem.  I'm running WinME.  Since OE 
> was
> running several months without this problem, I assume a registry entry or
> program option was changed.  I have been unable to find an answer to the
> problem in the KB.
>
> Dennis
>
> -- 
> 40 years ago my mother said, 'You kneed too no how two spell'.  Since I
> always listened to my mother's advise, all misspelled words are either 
> typos
> or intentional.
> http://denam.home.comcast.net
>
>

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