Email account names are strictly cosmetic, and can be anything
you want. It has no effect on your email operation.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in message news:%23E3VMzJPJHA.4144@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "wildhrtd" <wildhrtd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB07A706-A508-4976-9247-A4CF7CF7C17F@microsoft.com...
>> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:
>>
>>> 0x800CCC15 SOCKET_CONNECT_ERROR Unable to open Windows Socket.
>>>
>>> In an elevated command window type
>>> netsh winsock reset
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
>>> Do not reply with email
>>>
>> Thanks Frank,
>>
>> I did that and it responded that it was sucessful, but after restarting I'm
>> getting the same error:
>> Subject 'test', Account: 'pop.central.cox.net', Server:
>> 'smtp.central.cox.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error
>> Number: 0x800CCC15
>>
>> I'll try to get rig of the PC-cilling. Wit my mouse over the little Icon,
>> it continuously says (loading...).
>
> I am seeing Account: 'pop.central.cox.net' as your account information and this would not be the true account on the computer.
> It would normally be the email address that Cox has provided you with. You have a setup issue with your account name somewhere
> in the Account properties. Since I haven't got Windows Mail currently available I can't walk you through it but IIRC it is
> similar to OE in XP. So lets see how close it is: Open the Account properties and look at the full email address under the
> User information and it should be xxxxx.central.cox.net where the xxxx is the name they gave you as your email address. Under
> your outgoing mail server it should also have your email address along with your password. Again, unfortunately I don't have
> Windows mail available so you may have to look for them. pop.central.cox.net is not a valid email account name however. That
> would be the pop address for receiving emails.
>