Email Problem

[Beach Hut]

For some reason my mail account gives me this messge - what does it mean ?

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.freeserve.com', Server: 'pop.freeserve.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

 

[Biscuit]

Do you access your email on the browser ot through something like Outlook?

 

[Eggmundo]

Firewall?
Try disabling the Firewall and then send/receive?

 

[Beach Hut]

Do you access your email on the browser ot through something like Outlook?

Outlook - worked OK this morning since around 16:00 hrs get this message.

 

[Gazwag]

a few years ago when I used freeserve, after a period of three months when I didnt use them as an isp they cancelled by email address and I have to re-activate it, just guessing

 

[Beach Hut]

Firewall?
Try disabling the Firewall and then send/receive?

Did and now works - why is that ?

 

[Biscuit]

Outlook - worked OK this morning since around 16:00 hrs get this message.

Got no idea how to help.. just being nosey..

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Or throwing a ROCK at it?

 

[Beach Hut]

a few years ago when I used freeserve, after a period of three months when I didnt use them as an isp they cancelled by email address and I have to re-activate it, just guessing

I get that with my old freeserve address - every 90 days.

 

[Eggmundo]

No Idea...I even rang NTL as my email just wouldn't work with Norton. They tried and said, sorry nothing we can do.
Got rid of Norton and now it's cool.
But as to why yours stopped working......

 

[Robot Chicken]

Calling MYOB...come in MYOB

 

[Cian]

Calling MYOB...come in MYOB

Don't use a service that was ever, ever owned by Dixons

Looks like a Windows issue to me, so try mail2web.com to see if it can connect with the server. If not, somethings up at Freeserve's end

Another possibility is that they no longer allow SSL encrypted connections - go in to the settings and turn encryption off. Not many ISP's allow SSL encrypted email connections.

 

[looney]

Youve got to reconfigure your firewall to admit POP via port 110 and with the POP IP address.

 

[Cian]

Youve got to reconfigure your firewall to admit POP via port 110 and with the POP IP address.

Most firewalls allow this by default, which is why I didn't think of it

But yes, if you've just installed a firewall, particularly NorCrap, that could very easily be the caust

Norton is the spawn of satan.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Norton is the spawn of satan.

Thought that was Apple?

 

[Cian]

Thought that was Apple?

No, Apple are a close second.

Norton Antivirus for the Macintosh is, however, so evil as to require a movie starring Ellen Burstyn made every time its run...

That said, its not like its been useless recently has it? Not quite so secure is the old OS X...

 

[warlingham seagull]

Times (p3) says there is a problem with a Norton update sent to AOL customers which should be resolved to day. Maybe freeserve too?

 

[Robot Chicken]

Times (p3) says there is a problem with a Norton update sent to AOL customers which should be resolved to day. Maybe freeserve too?

There was something about this on Always Skint.