hi there

I have just set up Windows Mail to recieve my AOLemails. (not Outlook).
however, when i try to send it just says :

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'Re: Marquis Estate
Brochure', Account: 'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP,
Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

what does this mean and how can i set up Windows Mail to be able to send out
my emails and not jsut "hang" in the outbox?

thanks!

You said you aren't using Outlook, but you posted in an Outlook newsgroup.
Should be in Windows Mail newsgroup, don't you think?

"alstemp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FDBDD422-4317-4E78-9EAB-(E-Mail Removed)...
: hi there
:
: I have just set up Windows Mail to recieve my AOLemails. (not Outlook).
: however, when i try to send it just says :
:
: The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'Re: Marquis Estate
: Brochure', Account: 'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol:
SMTP,
: Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
:
: what does this mean and how can i set up Windows Mail to be able to send
out
: my emails and not jsut "hang" in the outbox?
:
: thanks!

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:33:01 -0700, alstemp wrote:

> hi there
>
> I have just set up Windows Mail to recieve my AOLemails. (not Outlook).
> however, when i try to send it just says :
>
> The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'Re: Marquis Estate
> Brochure', Account: 'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP,
> Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
>
> what does this mean and how can i set up Windows Mail to be able to send out
> my emails and not jsut "hang" in the outbox?

A: You got the wrong group.

B: You are using the wrong port (looks like your ISP is blocking port 25).
Use port 587 instead.

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