Error 0x80042108 retrieving POP3 Mail

[Chris Krohn]

I'm running Windows XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 with all the latest
patches from outlook.microsoft.com. I have 2 accounts. The first is
to our Exchange server (which works flawlessly) the second is to my
personal e-mail account. When I try and retrieve messages, Outlook
sends all outbound messages (via SMTP) without a problem, but then
cannot received inbound email (via POP3). I get the following message
when I try:

"Task '<servername> - Receiving' reported error (0x80042108): 'Outlook
is unable to connect to your incoming (POP3) e-mail server. If you
continue to receive this message, contact your administrator or
Internet Service Provider (ISP)."

I can telnet from the command prompt to the servers address using the
POP3 port (110) without issue. The server name and port are correct
in Outlook. When I turn on logging, I get the following:

2005.08.18 10:20:24 <server name>: Synch operation started (flags =
00000001)
2005.08.18 10:20:24 <server name>: UploadItems: 0 messages to send
2005.08.18 10:20:24 <server name>: Synch operation completed
2005.08.18 10:20:24 <server name>: Synch operation started (flags =
00000030)
2005.08.18 10:20:24 <server name>: DoPOPDownload(flags = 00000030, max
msg = ffffffff): full items
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>): Begin execution
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>): ========= Initial blob
=========
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>):
+B1123981537.28783.1.<messageidservername>,S=8242
|
<50 or so lines as above>
|
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>):
+B1124218332.23320.1.<messageidservername>,S=8611
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>):
===================================
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>): Port: 110, Secure: no, SPA:
no
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>): Finding host
2005.08.18 10:20:24 POP3 (<server name>): Connecting to host
2005.08.18 10:20:45 POP3 (<server name>): Disconnected from host
2005.08.18 10:20:45 POP3 (<server name>): End execution
2005.08.18 10:20:45 <server name>: ReportStatus: RSF_COMPLETED, hr =
0x80042108
2005.08.18 10:20:45 <server name>: Synch operation completed

So Outlook is obviously connecting to the server, but not completing
for some reason. I should not that because I delete the server
messages only from home, this Outlook account is set to leave a copy
of the message on the server and never delete them.

Anyone have any ideas?

Chris

 

[Chris Krohn]

Never mind... This turned out to be a subtle DNS error on our network
(one of the 2 DNS servers was unavailable and it did not roll-over
properly to the other DNS server).

Chris

 

[Guest]

I don't know computers much...what does your reply mean? I'm been having
this same error message for over a day.

Never mind... This turned out to be a subtle DNS error on our network
(one of the 2 DNS servers was unavailable and it did not roll-over
properly to the other DNS server).

Chris

 

[Guest]

I don't understand computers much...what does this mean? Is there anything
that I can do about it?

Never mind... This turned out to be a subtle DNS error on our network
(one of the 2 DNS servers was unavailable and it did not roll-over
properly to the other DNS server).

Chris