Vista Mail Receive mail BUT cannot send mail.

Hi, we have installed Vista, we had our mail going fine then all of a sudden
a little box pops up wanting us to sign in but we had never seen it nor does
it work with our sign in information. Even Earthlink tried fixing this for
about 2 hours Saturday but to no avail. Does anyone know how we can fix it?
We can receive mail but not send it.

Thank you in advance, Randy

Is it a sign-in for a mail server or for something else?
Try this: go to Tools, Options, on the General tab
uncheck "Use newsgroup message rating features."

Gary VanderMolen


"Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3ED7FF0D-61C2-4D45-B306-1BEFE82F74EC@microsoft.com...
> Hi, we have installed Vista, we had our mail going fine then all of a sudden
> a little box pops up wanting us to sign in but we had never seen it nor does
> it work with our sign in information. Even Earthlink tried fixing this for
> about 2 hours Saturday but to no avail. Does anyone know how we can fix it?
> We can receive mail but not send it.
>
> Thank you in advance, Randy

Thank you Gary for your help, unfortunetly it didn't do it. We did see
somewhere to try the new beta vs of window's live but the same problem.
Actually I just can't find what the set up is but it won't send the mail but
I haven't seen the little box since I made the change you recommended. hmmm.
Now maybe I have it set up wrong on sending mail out, i have tried smtp and
smtpauth for sending, do you think that is correct?
Thank you so much for all your help, Randy & Sue


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Is it a sign-in for a mail server or for something else?
> Try this: go to Tools, Options, on the General tab
> uncheck "Use newsgroup message rating features."
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3ED7FF0D-61C2-4D45-B306-1BEFE82F74EC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, we have installed Vista, we had our mail going fine then all of a sudden
> > a little box pops up wanting us to sign in but we had never seen it nor does
> > it work with our sign in information. Even Earthlink tried fixing this for
> > about 2 hours Saturday but to no avail. Does anyone know how we can fix it?
> > We can receive mail but not send it.
> >
> > Thank you in advance, Randy
>
>
>

As I understand it, the repeated requests for sign-in have gone,
but your new symptom is that you can't send mail.
Do you get an error message when you try? If so, right-click on
it, copy, then paste it into a reply here.

Gary VanderMolen


"Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:19C4DE90-2944-4F78-99DD-8591D211C109@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Gary for your help, unfortunetly it didn't do it. We did see
> somewhere to try the new beta vs of window's live but the same problem.
> Actually I just can't find what the set up is but it won't send the mail but
> I haven't seen the little box since I made the change you recommended. hmmm.
> Now maybe I have it set up wrong on sending mail out, i have tried smtp and
> smtpauth for sending, do you think that is correct?
> Thank you so much for all your help, Randy & Sue
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Is it a sign-in for a mail server or for something else?
>> Try this: go to Tools, Options, on the General tab
>> uncheck "Use newsgroup message rating features."
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>> "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3ED7FF0D-61C2-4D45-B306-1BEFE82F74EC@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, we have installed Vista, we had our mail going fine then all of a sudden
>> > a little box pops up wanting us to sign in but we had never seen it nor does
>> > it work with our sign in information. Even Earthlink tried fixing this for
>> > about 2 hours Saturday but to no avail. Does anyone know how we can fix it?
>> > We can receive mail but not send it.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance, Randy
>>
>>
>>

The connection to the server has failed. Subject '', Account: 'windows mail',
Server: 'www.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E


PLease somebody help me. I cannot get windows mail to work. I am trying to
set it up for hours and hours and this is the message I get. I would be
forever grateful!!! reply please to myfun10 @aol.com because I don't know how
to get back to this spot !!!!!

LLH
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LLH


"Randy" wrote:

> Hi, we have installed Vista, we had our mail going fine then all of a sudden
> a little box pops up wanting us to sign in but we had never seen it nor does
> it work with our sign in information. Even Earthlink tried fixing this for
> about 2 hours Saturday but to no avail. Does anyone know how we can fix it?
> We can receive mail but not send it.
>
> Thank you in advance, Randy

"skinphys" <skinphys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CEE77AC-2AD9-4B5F-AAF4-EB774DC785BC@microsoft.com...
> The connection to the server has failed. Subject '', Account: 'windows
> mail',
> Server: 'www.aol.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
> Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
>
>
> PLease somebody help me. I cannot get windows mail to work. I am trying to
> set it up for hours and hours and this is the message I get. I would be
> forever grateful!!! reply please to myfun10 @aol.com because I don't know
> how
> to get back to this spot !!!!!
>

You have the wrong server name entered, follow the instructions at the
following site:

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmai...access_aol.htm

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS] UK