cant set up email

[ldavis]

I keep recieving this message:The host '(e-mail address removed)' could not be
found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Server: '(e-mail address removed)', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL):
No, Socket Error: 11003, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Your mail server name is not proper. However, there are more significant
issues.

I see your error message contained a Yahoo email address. Is that your email
address? US-based free Yahoo accounts have webmail access only, no
POP access. Windows Mail handles POP mail but not Yahoo webmail.
Yahoo's solution is to pay them for premium "Mail Plus" service:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/overview/overview-01.html
and use the special settings for that service:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-14.html

If you are OK with using a non-Yahoo email address, you have these other
solutions that will work with Windows Mail:
* Use the email address assigned to you by your ISP.
* Use a free Gmail, AOL, or Hotmail/Live account.

You can also continue to use Yahoo's webmail: http://mail.yahoo.com
If you need more help with any of these solutions, just ask.