Can't receive email

[JMBGC]

I posted this in Microsoft answers as well, sorry if it's a double post - I'm
rather lost. I can receive email in Windows mail, on two separate accounts,
but can't send from either. I get the same error message for both (separate
smtp servers).

An unknown error has occurred. Subject 'test', Account:
'mail.jmbrowngc.com', Server: 'mail.jmbrowngc.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server
Response: '421 too many connections', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server
Error: 421, Error Number: 0x800CCC67

It has worked fine until this morning. Could it be due to an update that
was installed? Tried shutting down McAfee already - no luck there either.
Using the above account and a yahoo account for mail. Please help!!

 

[Sam Hobbs]

It could be that the J.M. Brown General Contractor's server is having
problems. I think that the server is complaining that there are "too many
connections". Check with them; it is probably nothing you can fix.

 

[JMBGC]

Here is a reply to my own question. On another Microsoft board, someone was
able to answer this. Basically, my outgoing port was incorrect. I have no
idea why, but that is what it was!

 

[Gary VanderMolen \(MVP\)]

The port was incorrect? If so, what did you change it to?
Port 25 is usually correct for hosted accounts.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

One possible explanation is that they fixed it in the server and if so then
anything you did in your system could appear to be a fix, even if you did
nothing at all and if the problem occurs again then the fix for today won't
fix the problem the next time.