Windows mail recieves but cant send mail

[BillLowry]

Mail was working fine for a year. all mail settings were confirmed ok by
comcast tech support. my ISP. quit working after I d/l trial version of
Microsoft Office. Comcast mail will send ok but windows mail wont? I went
back and used sytem restore prior to having the problem. didnt fix it? I
removed all mailboxes and re-installed too.

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'pop3',
Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket
Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

very annoying please help me?

 

[lecbrain]

I am having the exact same problem. Did you solve your issue?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

Comcast is trying to make users switch to a different port number, 587, but
has been rather poor at telling their users about this. See if this helps:

http://www.comcast.com/Customers/FAQ/FaqDetails.ashx?Id=2288
How do I set up/configure Outlook Express for email?
http://help.comcast.net/content/faq...6518e4d7#ddba9bd7-b0bb-4b4f-9cee-6ebf83b77523
Click the link titled "How to configure Windows Mail for Vista to use port
587 for sending email"

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

Comcast is trying to make users switch to a different port number, 587, but
has been rather poor at telling their users about this. See if this helps:

http://www.comcast.com/Customers/FAQ/FaqDetails.ashx?Id=2288
How do I set up/configure Outlook Express for email?
http://help.comcast.net/content/faq...6518e4d7#ddba9bd7-b0bb-4b4f-9cee-6ebf83b77523
Click the link titled "How to configure Windows Mail for Vista to use port
587 for sending email"

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

Excellent! Glad it worked for you.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com