Tried reinstalling office, setting up new mail account but am unable to send.
Sent items sit in outbox. Get error meesage that outlook cannot connect to
outgoing server. Settings seem correct. Test message will not work unless
I change port settings from 25 to 587. But still cannot send messages.
Outlook express seems to work fine. I've read the discussion page to
exhaustion...Please help.

Outlook 2003. Exact message reads
Task 'Mail - Sending' reported error (0x80042109) : 'Outlook is unable to
connect to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to receive
this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider
(ISP).'

"Steve" wrote:

> Tried reinstalling office, setting up new mail account but am unable to send.
> Sent items sit in outbox. Get error meesage that outlook cannot connect to
> outgoing server. Settings seem correct. Test message will not work unless
> I change port settings from 25 to 587. But still cannot send messages.
> Outlook express seems to work fine. I've read the discussion page to
> exhaustion...Please help.

"Steve" wrote:

> Tried reinstalling office, setting up new mail account but am unable to send.
> Sent items sit in outbox. Get error meesage that outlook cannot connect to
> outgoing server. Settings seem correct. Test message will not work unless
> I change port settings from 25 to 587. But still cannot send messages.
> Outlook express seems to work fine. I've read the discussion page to
> exhaustion...Please help.


Task 'Mail - Sending' reported error (0x80042109) : 'Outlook (2003) is
unable to connect to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to
receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service
provider (ISP).'

Steve,
On the port settings page for the Comcast mail acct also check the box for
encryption for just the outgoing server port? Try that. I have seen Port 587
chosen for Comcast SMTP server. I have also seen Port 465 used, and I am
using this with my Comcast Mail accounts in both Outlook2003 and Outlook
Express. If you can't get Port 587 to work try Port 465 for the outgoing
server port setting, and check the box for encryption.

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"Steve" wrote:

> Tried reinstalling office, setting up new mail account but am unable to
> send.
> Sent items sit in outbox. Get error meesage that outlook cannot connect
> to
> outgoing server. Settings seem correct. Test message will not work
> unless
> I change port settings from 25 to 587. But still cannot send messages.
> Outlook express seems to work fine. I've read the discussion page to
> exhaustion...Please help.


Task 'Mail - Sending' reported error (0x80042109) : 'Outlook (2003) is
unable to connect to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to
receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service
provider (ISP).'

Are you using an AV set up with email integration ? Disable you incoming and outgoing email scanning feature and test

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"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:5121C28A-617E-47F3-ABC2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Tried reinstalling office, setting up new mail account but am unable to send.
> Sent items sit in outbox. Get error meesage that outlook cannot connect to
> outgoing server. Settings seem correct. Test message will not work unless
> I change port settings from 25 to 587. But still cannot send messages.
> Outlook express seems to work fine. I've read the discussion page to
> exhaustion...Please help.