Windows mail recieves but cant send mail BillLowry 12/30/2008 4:31:01 PM Mail was working fine for a year. all mail settings were confirmed ok by comcast tech support. my ISP. quit working after I d/l trial version of Microsoft Office. Comcast mail will send ok but windows mail wont? I went back and used sytem restore prior to having the problem. didnt fix it? I removed all mailboxes and re-installed too. The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'pop3', Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E very annoying please help me? -- BillL

RE: Windows mail recieves but cant send mail lecbrain 12/30/2008 5:18:01 PM I am having the exact same problem. Did you solve your issue? -- Thanks for all help. Raeman "BillLowry" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Mail was working fine for a year. all mail settings were confirmed ok by > comcast tech support. my ISP. quit working after I d/l trial version of > Microsoft Office. Comcast mail will send ok but windows mail wont? I went > back and used sytem restore prior to having the problem. didnt fix it? I > removed all mailboxes and re-installed too. > > The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'pop3', > Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket > Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E > > very annoying please help me? > -- > BillL

Re: Windows mail recieves but cant send mail "Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]" <hhh[ at ]kvoa.com> 12/30/2008 5:34:16 PM Comcast is trying to make users switch to a different port number, 587, but has been rather poor at telling their users about this. See if this helps: http://www.comcast.com/Customers/FAQ/FaqDetails.ashx?Id=2288 How do I set up/configure Outlook Express for email? http://help.comcast.net/content/faqtree/internet/6f4541ab-5423-47fb-a700-10806518e4d7#ddba9bd7-b0bb-4b4f-9cee-6ebf83b77523 Click the link titled "How to configure Windows Mail for Vista to use port 587 for sending email" Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh[ at ]kvoa.com Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "BillLowry" <BillLowry[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:177B8C12-9B6A-4253-AB24-1FFF8B50CEBD[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Mail was working fine for a year. all mail settings were confirmed ok by > comcast tech support. my ISP. quit working after I d/l trial version of > Microsoft Office. Comcast mail will send ok but windows mail wont? I went > back and used sytem restore prior to having the problem. didnt fix it? I > removed all mailboxes and re-installed too. > > The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'pop3', > Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, > Socket > Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E > > very annoying please help me? > -- > BillL

Re: Windows mail recieves but cant send mail "Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]" <hhh[ at ]kvoa.com> 12/30/2008 5:42:04 PM Comcast is trying to make users switch to a different port number, 587, but has been rather poor at telling their users about this. See if this helps: http://www.comcast.com/Customers/FAQ/FaqDetails.ashx?Id=2288 How do I set up/configure Outlook Express for email? http://help.comcast.net/content/faqtree/internet/6f4541ab-5423-47fb-a700-10806518e4d7#ddba9bd7-b0bb-4b4f-9cee-6ebf83b77523 Click the link titled "How to configure Windows Mail for Vista to use port 587 for sending email" Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh[ at ]kvoa.com Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "lecbrain" <lecbrain[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E8C5457C-5C65-4A08-92F5-6B134E510579[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am having the exact same problem. Did you solve your issue? > -- > Thanks for all help. > Raeman > > > "BillLowry" wrote: > >> Mail was working fine for a year. all mail settings were confirmed ok by >> comcast tech support. my ISP. quit working after I d/l trial version of >> Microsoft Office. Comcast mail will send ok but windows mail wont? I went >> back and used sytem restore prior to having the problem. didnt fix it? I >> removed all mailboxes and re-installed too. >> >> The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'test', Account: 'pop3', >> Server: 'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, >> Socket >> Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E >> >> very annoying please help me? >> -- >> BillL

Re: Windows mail recieves but cant send mail LSadow <LSadow.3l8xfb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/30/2008 6:55:17 PM I cannot thank you enough for the solution to my problem of sending email from comcast on my Vista machine! The account information was identical on my XP machine with no issues. Simply changing the server port number on the outgoing mail for Vista did the trick. -- LSadow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LSadow's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/lsadow.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-mail/1095496.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: Windows mail recieves but cant send mail "Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]" <hhh[ at ]kvoa.com> 12/30/2008 8:39:47 PM Excellent! Glad it worked for you. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh[ at ]kvoa.com Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "LSadow" <LSadow.3l8xfb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:LSadow.3l8xfb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com... [Quoted Text] > > I cannot thank you enough for the solution to my problem of sending > email from comcast on my Vista machine! The account information was > identical on my XP machine with no issues. Simply changing the server > port number on the outgoing mail for Vista did the trick. > > > -- > LSadow > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LSadow's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/lsadow.htm > View this thread: > http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-mail/1095496.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >