Re: OE off line

From: No One (noone_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:22:16 -0400

Thanks .... some of the options do not appear on both programs, but those
that do are exactly the same. I have NO dial up networking .... connect
through the LAN into a router and to the cable modem. If choosing LAN
settings the same windows for options come up under both programs. Anything
else it might be ?

THANKS!
bill

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:O$0$cnheEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I suspect your OE connection settings conflict with those in IE. Check
> Tools | Options | Connections in OE and compare those to IE. Then also
> check Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Connection.
>
> steve
>
> "No One" <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:eQJUzUheEHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have a totally fresh install of XP Home with OE6, all service packs,
> > patches and updates applied, yet I still have a problem persisting since
> > before the rebuild.
> >
> > When I first come up and run OE I get a "no internet connection
available"
> > error box, with a "Work Offline" or a "Try Again" button. If you hit
the
> > TRY AGAIN button it tries read from my first email account and just
hangs.
> > You have to stop it, then click the Send/Recv button up top to get it to
> > actually get your mail.
> >
> > IF, however, you run Internet Explorer first and let it load a page,
THEN
> > run OE, OE has no problem finding the internet connection and proceeds
> > normally, without the hang and repeat Send/Recv action.
> >
> > So for some reason OE is unable to find an internet connection unless IE
> has
> > already loaded a page. This also shows up from time to time when you've
> > been perusing pages with IE and then switch over to OE to send a
message.
> > That same error box pops up and you have to go through the stop,
Send/Recv
> > to get it to function.
> >
> > The connection is a RoadRunner cable modem through a LinkSys router, and
> the
> > Windows 98 machines also connected the same way have no such problem.
> > Trying to access the email accounts with Mailwasher, for example, has no
> > accessing problems, so this is so this is OE and XP Home specific. Any
> > ideas ?
> >
> > THANKS,
> > Bill Stewart
> > Cape Coral, FL
> >
> >
>