"ladylilith" <ladylilith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have had vista for over a year now. had initial problems with windows mail
> which were solved by a service update. Had no problems since, until today.
> I
> cannot receive emails for one of my email accounts (the main one!) all the
> other accounts are working fine. I have cross checked the account details
> and
> nothing has cnhanged and they all mac=tch so I don't get why this one
> account
> has gone on the blink! The error message I get is:
>
> An unknown error has occurred. Account: 'mail.btinternet.com', Server:
> 'mail.btinternet.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error
> Number: 0x80004005
>
> Can anyone help please; it's a vital email address as it is linked to a
> business i run.

Have you used these instructions? They were written for Outlook
Express but should also work under Windows Mail.

<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?action=showthread&threadid=289750&forumi d=20>

I'm not sure if this is relevant:

http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2..._of_the_le.php