windows mail

[amber]

unable to send/receive mail, error message connection to server has failed.
help please am not very clever at this!

 

[Bruce Hagen]

And the secret error message is?

Please post the error message in its entirety. You can left click on it to
highlight and then right click to copy and then paste it into this thread.

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

That's not the complete error message.
Do you get an error message when you try to send or receive? If so,
right-click on your error message, copy, then paste it into a reply here.
We can't do much troubleshooting without the complete error message.

 

[warmbiker]

And the secret error message is?

Please post the error message in its entirety. You can left click on it to
highlight and then right click to copy and then paste it into this thread.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

unable to send/receive mail, error message connection to server has
failed.
help please am not very clever at this!

.

 

[Larry]

I'm also unable to send/receive mail, error message connection to server
has failed. The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'windows to AOL
a test ', Account: 'tampabay.rr.com', Server: 'tampabay.rr.com', Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'tampabay.rr.com', Server:
'tampabay.rr.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Wrong server name. Always use the server names and settings
specified by your provider:
http://help.rr.com/HMSFaqs/e_password_emailoe5.aspx?Topic=E-mail

Outgoing server (SMTP): smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com
Incoming server (POP3): pop-server.tampabay.rr.com