Is Virginbroadband your home ISP, and if so, were you sending from
home when you got that error message?

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"janine" <janine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E44F328-9B7D-4A20-9B55-0C84ABB7F22B@microsoft.com...
> Sorry to tack on to someone elses question but I also cannot send or
> receive
> e-mail. this is the message I get
>
> The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'Emailing: PICT0248',
> Account: 'mail.virginbroadband.com.au', Server:
> 'smtp.virginbroadband.com.au', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No,
> Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated
> --
> Janine