what does "precondition failed" mean when you try and send an ema.

[Guest]

I have been using outlook as my email program in conjunction with a hotmail
account. I've never had problems sending emails before, but all of a sudden,
my outlook fails to send email messages. The messages just sit in the outbox
while outlook tries to execute the send/receive function. After a little
while, the send/receive box reports a sending error: this is what the error
message says:


Task 'Hotmail - Sending' reported error (0x800CCC3C) : 'The server reported
an error.The server responded 'Precondition Failed'. '

If anybody can tell me how to fix this, I would appreciate it.

 

[Specialist David W [MCSE]]

Most problems/issues with Hotmail and Outlook at the moment come down to the
fact that Hotmail (owned by Microsoft) is phasing out the ability to access
Hotmail through 3rd party e-mail software such as Outlook or Outlook
Express.

Thanks In Advance

Specialist David W
(U.S.A.F. Network Information Systems)