Re: Intermittently Unable To Send Email

Thank you for your post 'DGuess', however I have tried that and the problem
was still present.



"DGuess" <majik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Malcolm" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hi group, this one has got me baffled. Tried everything, and am now
> > banging
> > my head against the wall.
> >
> > I am having intermittent problems sending email via SMTP. Sometimes it
> > will
> > send, and other times it will just hang until it 'times out' (even
though
> > I
> > haven't changed any settings). Rebooting doesn't always solve the
issue.
> >
> > I initially thought that maybe the problem was with anti-virus.
firewall,
> > etc. However, if this was the cause, it would not explain why sometimes
I
> > am able to sent email, and other times I am not, when I have made no
> > changes
> > at all. Furthermore, I do not have email scanning enabled on my PC and
my
> > email client is not protected by a firewall.
> >
> > Another possible cause I looked into was that maybe I was trying to send
> > the
> > email through another ISP account whilst using a different connection,
and
> > therefore the other ISP was rejecting the email, but I made sure that I
> > was
> > sending email using my the correct account.
> >
> > When the problem was present I tried pinging the SMTP server and also
> > using
> > Telnet to query the SMTP server. Both showed no abnormalities with the
> > SMTP
> > server.
> >
> > I tried two different email clients, but the problem occurred with both
> > clients.
> >
> > I tried two different SMTP accounts, but the problem continues.
> >
> > In conclusion, the problem isn't caused by the email client or the mail
> > account, so I would imagine the problem is local? Any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
>
>
> Tools | Options | maintenance tab | Store Folders button
> Note the location of the message stores (dbx files)
>
> Create a new folder and name it Old Sent
> Move all the messages in the Sent Items to the Old Sent folder
>
> Close OE
>
> Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder you saw in the Store
> Folders dialog.
> If the dbx files are not visible, from Windows Explorer, go into Tools |
> Folder Options | Views tab. Select "Show all files" and uncheck "Hide
file
> extensions for known file types" Click OK, the files should be visible.
>
> Delete the Sent Items.dbx and the Outbox.dbx files
>
> Restart OE, new dbx files will be create (empty of course) and check to
see
> if it will send now.
>
>


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