Retrieving Mail in Windows mail

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Jim Grey

I get an error message when trying to retrieve my mail. It says:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.att.yahoo.com',
Server: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes,
Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I have been using Windows mail as my main mail program for about a month
without problems. I can not discern what caused this problem.
 
Same thing happens to me and it is not the first time. Anybody could help? I
used Eudora for 10 years and this never happened. I think Windows email
sucks!!!
 
Your settings are correct.
That symptom can be caused by interference from an antivirus
program. Which antivirus are you running?
As a minimum, email scanning in the antivirus should be turned off,
although that may not be sufficient to eliminate all bad effects.
In a worst case scenario, your antivirus may need to be uninstalled.

Email scanning in any antivirus should be disabled, for reasons
explained here:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

If no improvement after disabling email scanning, consider upgrading
to Windows Live Mail, because it is less prone to suffering bad effects
from overly intrusive antivirus programs:
http://download.live.com/wlmail
 
I am having the same issue even though I am using Live Mail. I turned my
virus scanner off and it didn't change anything. Please help as I am stuck in
the water with no email.
 
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