Can recieve my messages but not send!!!

[Ray Williams]

Please help,

I have an account with AOL and have set up my Windows Mail to access it ans
can recieve mail ok but wen i tray to send or replay to a message it comes
up with the error:

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Subject , Account: 'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com',
Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

Ray

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Please help,

I have an account with AOL and have set up my Windows Mail to access it
ans can recieve mail ok but wen i tray to send or replay to a message it
comes up with the error:

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Subject , Account: 'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com',
Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

Ray

Try using port 597 and checking the box that your outgoing server requires
authentication.

 

[Ray Williams]

Many thanks Frank for the reply,

I changed the port to 597 and still not sending, then I tried checking the
box that my outgoing server requires
authentication, but still nothing, this is the error message I got this
time....

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'testing', Account:
'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 597,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[Guest]

Check against these instructions:

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmailtips/qt/et_access_aol.htm

http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/

Many thanks Frank for the reply,

I changed the port to 597 and still not sending, then I tried checking the
box that my outgoing server requires
authentication, but still nothing, this is the error message I got this
time....

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'testing', Account:
'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 597,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[Ray Williams]

Many thanks, I just did a bit of searching on the AOL web site and found
that I needed to put in the outgoing mail port 587 and it worked, thanks
again, I'm now a happy bunny...

you need to change the outgoing mail (SMTP) port number to 587.

Check against these instructions:

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmailtips/qt/et_access_aol.htm

http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/

 

[Guest]

You're welcome.

Many thanks, I just did a bit of searching on the AOL web site and found
that I needed to put in the outgoing mail port 587 and it worked, thanks
again, I'm now a happy bunny...

you need to change the outgoing mail (SMTP) port number to 587.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Try using port 597 and checking the box that your outgoing server requires
authentication.

Typo: 587, not 597.

 

[Ray Williams]

No Problem Frank, I do 'typos' a lot.... , but as least you pointed me in
the right direction... Thanks again
Ray.

PS by the way this is a great public site, keep up the good work.