Outlook Express - Not Connecting to Server

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For about a month now, I have had trouble with Outlook Express. When logging
in to Outlook Express, I get an error message stating that the connection to
server has failed. My internet connection works (same server), but Outlook
Express is unable to connect. If I restart the computer, Outlook Express
will then be able to connect; so eventually I can use it but I must reboot
every time. I have checked with my ISP and they say there is no problem with
the connection and they believe it is a problem with Outlook Express. I
first noticed the problem after installing several recommended Windows
updates from Microsoft. Any advice on how I can fix this will be greatly
appreciated... Thanks!
 
MarkSki said:
For about a month now, I have had trouble with Outlook Express. When
logging
in to Outlook Express, I get an error message stating that the connection
to
server has failed. My internet connection works (same server), but
Outlook
Express is unable to connect. If I restart the computer, Outlook Express
will then be able to connect; so eventually I can use it but I must reboot
every time. I have checked with my ISP and they say there is no problem
with
the connection and they believe it is a problem with Outlook Express. I
first noticed the problem after installing several recommended Windows
updates from Microsoft. Any advice on how I can fix this will be greatly
appreciated... Thanks!
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Start by posting in a group for Outlook Express. This group is for the .NET
Framework. I'll crosspost for you.
In future, the group you want is:

microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
 
For about a month now, I have had trouble with Outlook Express. When logging
in to Outlook Express, I get an error message stating that the connection to
server has failed.
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You don't log in to Outlook Express; unless you have created a password
protected Identity.
My internet connection works (same server), but Outlook
Express is unable to connect.
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Your Internet connection isn't through a mail server.
If I restart the computer, Outlook Express will then be able to connect;
so eventually I can use it but I must reboot every time. I have checked
with my ISP and they say there is no problem with the connection and they
believe it is a problem with Outlook Express. I first noticed the problem
after installing several recommended Windows updates from Microsoft. Any
advice on how I can fix this will be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
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You need to submit the full, verbose error message that you get; something
like this:

| The host 'joe' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the
| server name correctly. Account: 'Relay', Server: 'joe', Protocol: SMTP,
| Port: 24, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

Otherwise there will be no way to assist you.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
 
We need the entire error message verbatim please.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~










- Show quoted text -
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The server reported an error. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://
services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail,
Server Response: 'Precondition Failed', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No,
Error Number: 0x800CCC3C

I have been plagued with this error message off and on for many
months. My experience and some information on the internet lead me to
believe that MSN has established a quota for the number of addressees
that you can send to each day from your hotmail account. They do not
publish this number, nor even acknowledge that it exists. Their
technical support people provide useless solutions because apparently
they do not know about this block either. The biggest problem
associated with this block is that it is semipermanent. Once a
message is blocked, every message after that is also blocked. The
blockage does not relieve itself.

When you send an email message from Outlook Express it goes first to
the Local Folders Outbox, is sent, and then appears in the Hotmail
Folder Sent Messages folder. When the block is active, your email
messages stack up in the Local Folders Outbox. When this happens I
move the messages in the Local Folders Outbox to a temporary folder.
Periodically, I will open one of the emails in the temporary folder
and send it. If luck is with me, it will be sent albeit one or two
days late.

However, I have recently consolidated my email lists and now have 46
friends and relatives to whom I send from zero to five messages a
day. Hotmail becomes instantaneously constipated at about the second
email, so my estimate is tha the maximum number of addressees you can
send to is between 50 and 75 per day. In my case this has constipated
hotmail beyond belief and as I mentioned earlier, kills my ability to
send out anything else during the day, even high priority business
messages even after I clear the Local Folders Outbox.

Having worked in a corporate environment most of my life I hold out no
hope of ever convincing the hotmail management to eliminate this
problem, or even moderating it by eliminating the bug that results in
permanent blockage. The only effective solution for the individual is
to seek out other email providers.

My recommendation to people facing this problem is to open alternate
email accounts at competitive sites. In this case you can establish
your mailing list at the alternative sites, email yourself a single
copy of the email message to that site and then send the message from
that site with using the mailing list. This also means that you will
have to monitor these sites for replies.

DVC
 
The server reported an error. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://
services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail,
Server Response: 'Precondition Failed', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No,
Error Number: 0x800CCC3C

I have been plagued with this error message off and on for many
months. My experience and some information on the internet lead me to
believe that MSN has established a quota for the number of addressees
that you can send to each day from your hotmail account. They do not
publish this number, nor even acknowledge that it exists. Their
technical support people provide useless solutions because apparently
they do not know about this block either. The biggest problem
associated with this block is that it is semipermanent. Once a
message is blocked, every message after that is also blocked. The
blockage does not relieve itself.
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There is, indeed, a rate limit. When the limit is reached you won't be able
to use the account util the limit is reset.
When you send an email message from Outlook Express it goes first to
the Local Folders Outbox, is sent, and then appears in the Hotmail
Folder Sent Messages folder. When the block is active, your email
messages stack up in the Local Folders Outbox. When this happens I
move the messages in the Local Folders Outbox to a temporary folder.
Periodically, I will open one of the emails in the temporary folder
and send it. If luck is with me, it will be sent albeit one or two
days late.

However, I have recently consolidated my email lists and now have 46
friends and relatives to whom I send from zero to five messages a
day. Hotmail becomes instantaneously constipated at about the second
email, so my estimate is tha the maximum number of addressees you can
send to is between 50 and 75 per day. In my case this has constipated
hotmail beyond belief and as I mentioned earlier, kills my ability to
send out anything else during the day, even high priority business
messages even after I clear the Local Folders Outbox.
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I wouldn't use MSN Hotmail for anything with a high priority.
Having worked in a corporate environment most of my life I hold out no
hope of ever convincing the hotmail management to eliminate this
problem, or even moderating it by eliminating the bug that results in
permanent blockage. The only effective solution for the individual is
to seek out other email providers.
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MSN Hotmail is *still* susceptible to abuse by spammers. The Nigerian 4-1-9
scammers, in particular, seem to know how to violate MSN Hotmail security. I
get one a week to one of my ISP accounts (pacbell.net domain), coming
through MSN Hotmail servers. Many people just block the MSN Hotmail servers
(or *any* free webmail servers, for that matter), because they are prone to
abuse by spammers. MSN management is not going to relent, lest their severs
become so isolated as to be useless.
My recommendation to people facing this problem is to open alternate
email accounts at competitive sites. In this case you can establish
your mailing list at the alternative sites, email yourself a single
copy of the email message to that site and then send the message from
that site with using the mailing list. This also means that you will
have to monitor these sites for replies.
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*MY* recommendation would be to *not* use *any* free Web mail service for
mailing to lists. In fact, I'd recommend getting a domain, and mail hosting
for that purpose. Should be possible for under $20 per year.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
 
Here's the entire error message:

The connection to server has failed. Account: 'mail.mchsi.com', server:
'mail.mchsi.com', protocol: pop3, port 110, secure (SSL): no, socket error:
10061, error Number:0x800CCOE

Thanks again!
 
MarkSki said:
Here's the entire error message:

The connection to server has failed. Account: 'mail.mchsi.com', server:
'mail.mchsi.com', protocol: pop3, port 110, secure (SSL): no, socket
error:
10061, error Number:0x800CCOE
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Follow-up set to microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus
 
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