I get this message

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'testing', Account: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0

Can anyone help - this is aggrevating!!


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Check for any discrepancies in your account settings.

How To Set Up Outlook Express to Use Your BellSouth E-mail Account:
http://help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/...3-e36f443f1be5

E-mail scanning can also cause this type of problem.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving,
and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting
changes and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your
up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For
more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the
program and reinstall in Custom Mode and uncheck e-mail scanning when the
option arises.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"gatwin1957" wrote in message
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>I get this message:
>
> The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'testing', Account:
> 'mail.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Protocol: SMTP,
> Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
>
> Can anyone help - this is aggrevating!!
>
>
> Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

By any chance are you sending while away from home, using a different
Internet connection provider than Bellsouth/AT&T?

Also, as I understand it, AT&T recently moved all the Bellsouth users to the
AT&T/Yahoo mail platform. You should be using the new settings given here:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB401738

Let us know how it goes.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"gatwin1957" wrote in message news:#(E-Mail Removed)...

I get this message:

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'testing', Account: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

Can anyone help - this is aggrevating!!


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