Gary:
Having the same issue:
What would I try with the following:
Account: 'mail.mchsi.com', Server: 'mail.mchsi.com', Protocol: POP3, Port:
995, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC19
Thanks,
"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> Sounds like a DNS lookup error.
> Replace mail.btinternet.com with pop-smtp.bt.mail.yahoo.com.
> If that doesn't work either, replace it with 217.146.188.192.
>
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> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
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> "Eagleno36" <Eagleno36.3ujbcc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:Eagleno36.3ujbcc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
> >
> > I have a BT Yahoo Premium Mail account for email, which I view on my
> > laptop using Windows Mail. Everything has been working smoothly for
> > months until last Friday morning, since when I have been unable to send
> > or receive emails using Windows Mail (my BT Yahoo account is still
> > working fine directly on the webpage and via blackberry). The error
> > message I am getting is:
> >
> > The host 'mail.btinternet.com' could not be found. Please verify that
> > you have entered the server name correctly. Account:
> > 'mail.btinternet.com', Server: 'mail.btinternet.com', Protocol: POP3,
> > Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number:
> > 0x800CCC0D
> >
> > As I said, everything has been working fine for ages and I have not
> > changed any settings to cause this error. The only explanantion I can
> > think of is that we were away on holiday for a week, the email worked
> > fine on the first evening of our return, but the followiong morning when
> > switching on there was an automatic update which, I think, installed
> > InternetExplorer8. It is the only thing I can think of to explain the
> > sudden change. Even more curiously, while internet access has remained
> > 99% fine I cannot visit any Microsoft website!! Each time I try there is
> > an error message! Has anyone experienced a similar problem and can
> > anyone help with the solution?
> >
> > Our Broadband is not via BT as we are in the deep country and there is
> > no ADSL here, and no cable either. Instead we have to use a domestic
> > satellite internet arrangement (Tooway modem).
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
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