Re: Help can't send email

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Barbara P (BarbaraP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:21:02 -0800

Just trried what you suggested. It didn't work. Got the error message:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.optonline.net',
Server: 'mail.optonline.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No,
Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> There are a few possibilities. These are the only two I know of.
>
> 1) Turn off e-mail scanning.
>
> 2) Go to Tools>Accounts>Mail>Properties>Servers Tab. Under
> *Outgoing mail server*, check the box for My server requires
> authentication. Next, click the Settings button and insert your
> user name, {everything before the @ in your address} and enter the
> password.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS MVP - (IE/OE)
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Barbara P" <Barbara P@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ECBB3E4B-3144-49C9-9E6B-E2446A0B0E62@microsoft.com...
> >I can't send email at all . I can receive it just fine. I have
> >windows 98 OE 6
> > I have been reading the threads and I did do some updates
> > recently. I
> > checked with my isp and all my settings are fine. I checked with
> > macaffe and
> > everything they tried did not get it to work. I am starting to
> > think it has
> > something to do with the windows updates I did. This is the
> > error message I
> > get:
> > The connection to the server has failed. Account:
> > 'mail.optonline.net',
> > Server: 'mail.optonline.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25,
> > Secure(SSL): No,
> > Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
> >
> > How do you undo the updates? Do you think that is the problem?
>
>
>

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