windows mail

[carol]

The host 'pop3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the
server name correctly.
Account: 'pop3', Server: 'pop3', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

Can anyone tell me what this means? I went from outlook on my old computer
to this one on vista. It works sporadically. I'm currently using yahoo but
when i try to send photos to friends it automatically tries to send them
through windows mail.

 

[SVSA Productions]

Just to verify,

You don't want to use windows mail?

But it keeps popping up... or do you want to?

 

[SVSA Productions]

Yahoo

You should have the following settings

To add a free Yahoo! Mail account to Windows Mail as an IMAP account using
IzyMail:

Make sure your Yahoo! Mail account is registered with IzyMail.
Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Windows Mail.
Click Add....
Make sure E-mail Account is highlighted.
Click Next.
Enter your name under Display Name:.
Click Next.
Type your Yahoo! Mail address under E-mail address:.
Click Next.
Make sure IMAP is selected under Incoming e-mail server type:.
Enter "in.izymail.com" under Incoming mail (POP or IMAP) server:.
Enter "out.izymail.com" under Outgoing e-mail (SMTP) server name:.
Make sure Outgoing server requires authentication is checked.
Click Next.
Enter your full Yahoo! Mail address (including the "@yahoo.com") under
E-mail username:.
Type your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Highlight the in.izymail.com account.
Click Properties.
Go to the IMAP tab.
Make sure Store special folders on IMAP server is checked.
Type "_Sent" under Sent Items path:.
Enter "_Draft" under Drafts path:.
Click OK.
Click Close.

Hopefully that helps you

 

[Gene]

your setting are your problem SVSA. get your IP to help. mine did till we got
it. Its the setting need setting right . luck.