Re: hangs up on send/receive

From: Kath Adams (kath_at_kathrainbow(nospam).co.uk)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:29:42 +0100

Jeff wrote:
> Hi. I have a Win98 pc that runs IE 6 SP1 using a dial-up
> connection. Recently, when I open Outlook Express 6, the
> connection to the internet hangs up immediately when OE
> starts to do its send/receive. While OE is still open, I
> can re-dial and re-connect to the Internet, and
> send/receive works fine. If it hit send/receive a second
> time however, it hangs up again. I have checked to make
> sure that it is set to not hang up after send/receive,
> which it is not. I find it odd though that it hangs up
> and the beginning of the send receive process. I did a
> repair of IE 6 SP1, and it did not help. I also ran a
> system file checker of Win98 and it found no problems with
> any of the system files. The internet connection works
> perfectly without ever dropping off in IE. So it is
> clearly an OE problem. Any suggestions/ideas would be
> helpful and appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Jeff

Check also that there is nothing checked in
OE>tools>options>connections, and in IE>tools>internet
options>connection that you have "never dial a connection" checked.
There are sometimes conflicts between these, if you manually connect
first. 

-- 
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)

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