Trouble receiving

[AnotherNewGuy]

I've seen this addressed, but I'm having no luck finding it. Sorry if asked
and answered, but ......

Outlook 2003 with POP3 account
Windows XP Pro SP3

I frequently get an error 0x80042108 'Outlook is unable to connect to your
incoming (POP3) e-mail server.'

I usually send and receive fine when I start Outlook, and I can usually send
and receive fine if I'll just stop and restart.

I can run the "Test Account Settings" as often as I want from the email
properties window, and it never fails. I can even exit that screen after a
successful test, and it'll still fail to connect and receive mail until I've
restarted Outlook.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

 

[VanguardLH]

I've seen this addressed, but I'm having no luck finding it. Sorry if asked
and answered, but ......

Outlook 2003 with POP3 account
Windows XP Pro SP3

I frequently get an error 0x80042108 'Outlook is unable to connect to your
incoming (POP3) e-mail server.'

I usually send and receive fine when I start Outlook, and I can usually send
and receive fine if I'll just stop and restart.

I can run the "Test Account Settings" as often as I want from the email
properties window, and it never fails. I can even exit that screen after a
successful test, and it'll still fail to connect and receive mail until I've
restarted Outlook.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

If it's a Hotmail server, they're known to regularly get too busy to accept
anymore connections or simply become unresponsive. That's Hotmail. You did
not identify WHO is your e-mail provider.

Also retest after eliminating the superfluous e-mail scanner in your
anti-virus program.

 

[AnotherNewGuy]

If it's a Hotmail server, they're known to regularly get too busy to accept
anymore connections or simply become unresponsive. That's Hotmail. You did
not identify WHO is your e-mail provider.

Also retest after eliminating the superfluous e-mail scanner in your
anti-virus program.
.

Thanks for the response. I should have mentioned that I use the Avast home
edition and the Outlook/Exchange provider is disabled. The POP3 server is
pop.att.yahoo.com. Oddly, after several days' trouble, tonight it's working
as advertised.