I think SP3 broke my OE

[dwaing]

After I installed SP3 on my SP Pro in my desktop my Outlook Express does not
connect to the servers and I get an error message.
Socket Error 10061 Error number 0x800CCC0E.
I used the Microsoft chat but the technician could not help me.
I googled the error and the suggestion was that two ports were closed; Port
25 and Port 110.
Any suggestions?
Earlier I installed SP3 on my laptop with no problem.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[X-post to OE General]

Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL and OE
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813514

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002