Re: UNABLE TO RECEIVE EMAIL IN OE6 THRU SERVER:ERROR

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From: N. Miller (nsm_at_blackhole.aosake.net)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 02:44:02 -0700

In article <897e15d3.0405032207.50179432@posting.google.com>,
swatisonee@yahoo.com says...

> Here's my problem :
> a. My computer is connected at work to the office server which in turn
> is connected to the internet thru cable modem

> b. I can access the internet thru the proxy settings made on my
> computer.

> c. But I cannot download emails directly into OE6. I can only read
> them thru webmail.

> d. I have set i/c mail server to pop.zzz.com and o/g server is my
> office server

> But obviously oe is not able to access the pop server. I removed the
> firewall from my computer but still no luck.I know i'm making a
> mistake on the settings but cant figure what this could be as I tried
> to ping the email server and got a message "ping request cannot find
> host..."

> Following is the error message :
> The host 'mail.zzz.com' could not be found. Please verify that you
> have entered the server name correctly. Protocol: POP3, Port: 110,
> Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

The error says that the server can't be found. If you turn of the AV, as
Frank Saunders suggests, and still can't get connected, you may need to work
with your employer's IT Dept. It could be that they are restricting access
to port 110 on remote IP addresses beyond your computer, but with your
employer's network. Not a hard thing to do. I could block port 110 out with
my router, with the exception of the one computer running Mercury Mail to
fetch from the POP3 accounts. The only way that other LAN connected
computers could then access email would be through port 110 on the LAN to my
computer. 

-- 
Norman
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