MS Outlook Express timeout!

[Mustang]

Malvolio, thanks for you input. I tried you suggestion but to no avail. I set it to max (5 mins) and then to min (30 secs) the same error occurred.

Thanks for trying!!

[Mustang]

Noddy, cant seem to get a telnet session going. Not sure if I am typing in the correct doman name for the session. I will continue reserching that line of thought though - all tips welcome! Thanks!!

[Mustang]

Scotspine. If what you say is try am I b*gger*d or is there a way I can get round it?

[Mustang]

Frustrating!!

Hmmm.....!! This is getting annoying!!

Thanks for everyones help so far though - much appreciated. Just trying to keep an old PC going - maybe its better to invest in (another) new one.

Just dont like to be defeated by technology!

[malvolio]

Oh bugger. Anyway, you could aways start from this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;813514

You error is listed in there.

[scotspine]

Scotspine. If what you say is try am I b*gger*d or is there a way I can get round it?

configure the account in outlook to send by the correct smpt box.

[NoddY]

Noddy, cant seem to get a telnet session going. Not sure if I am typing in the correct doman name for the session. I will continue reserching that line of thought though - all tips welcome! Thanks!!

Check the ISP help pages, make sure you have the right one and ping it.

If it responds to pings but the *initiation* of the telnet session times-out then it's likely tcp/udp port 25 is blocked by a firewall . It you get a response e.g. code 220 then their server is up and try some commands as per earlier. Or its using SMTP over SSL - port 465 i.e. "telnet mailhost.myisp.com 465"

ELSE it's Outlook.

For heavens sake don't bin an old machine just because of this.

[expat]

It does present a problem. Mail servers will not relay mail from clients on 'foreign' networks - else they would be open relays a.k.a. a spammers dream.

Some will relay from clients of foreign networks, but only after authentication. The most common type is POP [authentication] before SMTP.

What where the results of the telnet session?

And unfortunately (if I remember) Outlook and OE send before they receive!