Windows Mail Recieving NOT SENDING?!?!?!?

[Michael Kaplan]

Hey

Just setup my account and linked in my aol account. I am recieving mail (new
and old) from my account with ease....but am hitting a wall when sending
outgoing mail. I keep getting error messages that sending failed. PLEASE
HELP!!!!!!!!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Make sure your AOL account settings agree with this:
http://postmaster.aol.com/imap/express.html

Especially notice steps 5 and 8 in the 'configure' section.

 

[Michael Kaplan]

changed the port to 587 and still no good....this is the error message:
The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account:
'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 587,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[mac]

You missed point 5 that Gary pointed you to previously.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

"Connection to the server has failed" is often caused by a non-
compatible antivirus. Which antivirus are you running?

 

[Michael Kaplan]

i am running the free version of AVG

"Connection to the server has failed" is often caused by a non-
compatible antivirus. Which antivirus are you running?

 

[Michael Kaplan]

that was already taken care of....its not that

You missed point 5 that Gary pointed you to previously.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS]
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

changed the port to 587 and still no good....this is the error message:
The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account:
'imap.aol.com', Server: 'smtp.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 587,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

If AVG was installed using the default install option, it can cause problems
in Windows Mail. If so, uninstall AVG, then reinstall using the custom
install option, which then allows you to deselect the installation of the
mail scanning module. That mail scanning module is what causes the
problems in Windows Mail.

 

[Michael Kaplan]

haha...i swear im cursed....its not that either. I uninstalled AVG and tried
sending mail and still didnt work. Tried running the default ports and then
587 on outgoing port....nothing is working still....this is driving me NUTS

 

[Guest]

Click on your Outbox. If you find any messages there, either move
them to the Drafts folder or delete them. If any refuse to do either,
download and install this hotfix, with Windows Mail not running:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Very strange! Are you running any other third party security software
such as antispyware or firewall?

Is AOL your only mail provider? As a test, you might get a free account
from Gmail and try that.