Re: socket error 10060, 0x800CCC0E

I think one has to allow for the fact that most users call them thinking it
is their own fault (the users') and quite often it probably is, so they tend
to make that assumption when the phone rings :)

Charlie

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eqpsC1uxFHA.2076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm kind of surprised. In most cases, I wouldn't be, but I use Cox in CA
> (west) and whenever I call Tech Support out here, they are unbelievably
> polite, smart, and not fast to say the problem isn't with them like most
> places you deal with. What a difference a few time zones make.
>
> Glad you beat them at their own game though.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%237wy%239rxFHA.3188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Okay gang, thanks to all for the ideas and suggestions. I did get the
>> problem remedied.....finally, after three days of fighting.
>> This morning, I had a friend, with a similar cpu, set up my mother's
>> account on his machine. He, too, was unable to send email and got the
>> identical socket error. I set up his acccount on my mother's machine
>> and everything worked fine. (any lights going off yet??)
>> I called my ISP and told them they had a server problem.....probably
>> blocking my port 25 (SMTP). Once again, I got the same B.S. about my
>> firewall, AV, OE, etc. etc., so I asked for a supv. He got on the
>> defensive and repeated what the techs had told me. Long story short, I
>> changed my smtp server to "east" instead of "central" and everything
>> started working fine. I then got hold of the RDA (Remote Dial Access)
>> engineering dept. (took a while to dig that number up). I finally proved
>> to them that they have a bad server and that it was, in fact, dropping my
>> requests from port 25.
>> Like my ol' Dad always used to tell me, "Son, don't talk to the
>> puppets.....talk to the guy that is pulling the strings."
>> Heirloom, old and elated
>>
>>
>> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uedOpJqxFHA.3860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Okay, if I am in the right thread (One of those days) I think you can
>>> reply to email but not create new right?
>>>
>>> If this is the case try typing my email address into the "To" field (
>>> charlie @ tames.net ) with no spaces and see if that will send.I left
>>> out the spaces to avoid making a link out of it.
>>>
>>> If that goes okay then try charlie@xxxxxxxxx and see if that works.
>>>
>>>
>>> If both of these work it seems to me that the problem may be corruption
>>> in your address book so that the name is appearing right to you but the
>>> address book is actually sending a bunch of grabage to the SMTP server,
>>> which naturally is reluctant to send it.
>>>
>>> Just my 2c and I hope I remembered the problem from last night - like I
>>> said it is being one of those days :)
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%23RKvYNpxFHA.2924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Norman and Bruce,
>>>> I did that out of convenience, a cut and paste operation. The SMTP
>>>> entry is actually: smtp.central.cox.net. Sorry about the misleading
>>>> entries, but, those were all verified, removed and re-entered to no
>>>> avail. I have removed the account and set it up again.....may try
>>>> that again today.
>>>> Is it beyon the realm of possibility that the modem could be at fault?
>>>> I don't see how, since it will connect, surf, dl'd email, obtain
>>>> updates, etc. The only thing failing is the Send Mail To People. I
>>>> will be sure to post the resolution.....if I ever come up with one.
>>>> Thanks again to everyone who has contributed suggestions.
>>>> Heirloom, old and out of ideas
>>>>
>>>> "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:k53qd8525gvh$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:34:50 -0500, Heirloom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have set up a new Identity, switched to it from the main Identity
>>>>>> and got the same results. I have also tried the <sfc /scannow> from
>>>>>> a command prompt.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The error message is not unlike the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Error: The connection to the server has failed.
>>>>>> Account: 'youraccount',
>>>>>> Server: 'www.yourdomain.com',
>>>>>> Protocol: SMTP,
>>>>>> Port: 25,
>>>>>> Secure(SSL): No,
>>>>>> Socket Error: 10060,
>>>>>> Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
>>>>>
>>>>>> Inbox and all other folders are emptied daily....to include the
>>>>>> Deleted
>>>>>> items. Email scanning is and has been disabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would check your server name againg; "www.yourdomain.com" is an
>>>>> unusual
>>>>> name for an SMTP server. Some variation of "mail.example.com", or
>>>>> "smtp.example.com" is more common.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some that I use include:
>>>>>
>>>>> smtpauth.sbcglobal.net
>>>>> smtp.pacbell.yahoo.com
>>>>> smtp.mail.yahoo.co.jp
>>>>> mail.gmx.net
>>>>> mail.pacbell.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, hiding the actual mail server name is pointless. If the ISP is
>>>>> known,
>>>>> then the mail server name can be discovered. OTOH, it is often helpful
>>>>> in
>>>>> troubleshooting to know the actual server name in the error message.
>>>>> Leave
>>>>> the account name obfuscated, but not the server name.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Norman
>>>>> ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
>>>>> ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
>>>>> ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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