Cannot send e-mail via Comcast accounts.

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Eric C. Vogel

I do not have the exact error message, but the main one was "The connection
to the server was interrupted." Listing account and code. I followed a kb,
removed NIS 2005 and NAV 2005. This is a new profile I moved all my mail and
account settings from OE (XP Pro SP2 (MCE 2k4) to Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813514

Windows and Office have ALL updates.

I am sending this on my laptop at home on my Comcast Broadband. I am not so
sure a new profile would solve it but I was wondering if there was something
else I am missing.
 
Please note - Comcast has been burping lately since doing some network
maintenance last Monday - I have had intermittent connectivity problems with
their HSI service as well as mail.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Eric C. Vogel asked:

| I do not have the exact error message, but the main one was "The
| connection to the server was interrupted." Listing account and code.
| I followed a kb, removed NIS 2005 and NAV 2005. This is a new profile
| I moved all my mail and account settings from OE (XP Pro SP2 (MCE
| 2k4) to Outlook 2003.
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813514
|
| Windows and Office have ALL updates.
|
| I am sending this on my laptop at home on my Comcast Broadband. I am
| not so sure a new profile would solve it but I was wondering if there
| was something else I am missing.
 
My OE, Internet, and Outlook were all affected. Most of yesterday
afternoon - had to reboot the modem and router to get it back running.
Shoot, had the router up for over 5000 hours without a reboot.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Eric C. Vogel asked:

| OE works fine. Oh, no not another 6 month burp e-mail burp.
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Please note - Comcast has been burping lately since doing some
|| network maintenance last Monday - I have had intermittent
|| connectivity problems with
|| their HSI service as well as mail.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Eric C. Vogel asked:
||
||| I do not have the exact error message, but the main one was "The
||| connection to the server was interrupted." Listing account and code.
||| I followed a kb, removed NIS 2005 and NAV 2005. This is a new
||| profile
||| I moved all my mail and account settings from OE (XP Pro SP2 (MCE
||| 2k4) to Outlook 2003.
||| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813514
|||
||| Windows and Office have ALL updates.
|||
||| I am sending this on my laptop at home on my Comcast Broadband. I am
||| not so sure a new profile would solve it but I was wondering if
||| there was something else I am missing.
 
Is this through the Comcast broadband connection? If so, Comcast is
probably blocking your access to the SBC/Yahoo! server. The claim is that
this reduces spam, but I personally think that it causes more pain to
legitimate users than it does to spammers...
 
I checked. This is the status.

If I use Comcast's SMTP server I cannot send mail.
If I use SBC/Yahoo! and tell it to login I can send mail.

I am paying $43 a month and Comcast cannot provide reliable e-mail servers.
I pay $10 a month for SBC./Yahoo and they never have problems. Now I have to
find a way to downgrade it to the $5 Yahoo premium plan, SBC will not let
me. (Lose 10 hours dialup, gain premium content I never use. but is $5 a
month cheaper).

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Thank you,
Eric Vogel
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opps, yes, through my Comcast Connection. I hear that they only block it if
you abuse it. So as long as you do not spam or allow your pc to have a spam
zombie Trojan you are ok.
 
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