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Old 07-16-2007
Gary VanderMolen
 

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Re: Windows Mail, Vista, "Message number 1 could not be retrieved."
Don't just disable Spamihilator, uninstall it.
Then use the webmail access that your provider has, and delete the
problem email from there.

Gary VanderMolen

"newell" <newell.2tttbf@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:newell.2tttbf@DoNotSpam.com...
>
> I have a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed.
> The mail system is Windows Mail, which replaces Outlook Express. I use
> a spam scanner named Spamihilator, which I have used for several years
> on other computers, and for the past several weeks on this new one.
>
> There have been no problems with my emails before this morning. This
> morning I received an error message from Spamihilator:
> "Spamihilator encountered a problem and needs to close. We have
> created an error report: C\Program
> Files\Spamihilator\spamihilator.exe.dmp. It contains a small memory
> dump and log files of current session. Please send this report to
> errorreport@spamilhilator.com."
>
> I did a Search for this file and could not find it. Then I started
> receiving this message from Windows Mail:
> "Message number 1 could not be retrieved. Account: 'Mail', Server:
> 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR problem
> retrieving message.', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error:
> 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800420CD"
>
> I have done the following:
> -- disabled Spamihilator
> -- disabled AVG anti-virus
> -- checked email account settings
> -- ran Mail with all different combinations of the above
> -- Searched the Internet for a solution, but found nothing usable for
> my case.
>
> So how do I either get rid of the error message, or fix the problem
> causing the error? I do not leave any messages on the Yahoo server.
> My DSL is AT&T/sbcglobal.
>
> I will appreciate any help you can give.
>
>
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