Outlook Express hangs up with any function

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Help, I have set up and IMAP account with outlook express, AOL. it seemed to
work fine for a while. Now when I open it connected or not, outlook will
disconnect the online connection. I have checked the SMTP setting for
AOL,(587) and the IMAP was set at 143,the help file in outlook says most are
119 ? which is it ?, the problem I think arose when outlook asked to
syncronise the imap files,but I can't be sure. Is there a difference between
imap and microsoft mail ? I have the imap selected as default. I have medium
computer knowledge, and I appreciate any help you could provide. Thanks Dave t

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Help, I have set up and IMAP account with outlook express, AOL. it
seemed to work fine for a while. Now when I open it connected or not,
outlook will disconnect the online connection. I have checked the
SMTP setting for AOL,(587) and the IMAP was set at 143,the help file
in outlook says most are 119 ? which is it ?, the problem I think
arose when outlook asked to syncronise the imap files,but I can't be
sure. Is there a difference between imap and microsoft mail ? I have
the imap selected as default. I have medium computer knowledge, and I
appreciate any help you could provide. Thanks Dave t

Hi -

This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.insideoe.com/