Which antivirus program are you running? Windows Mail is not
compatible with most McAfee and Norton security programs.
Those will need to be uninstalled, not just disabled.
After uninstalling your non-compatible antivirus, download
and install a more compatible antivirus like the free Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Even compatible antivirus programs will need to have their
email scanning option turned off. For more on this topic see
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
"Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9FBD6619-FDBE-4942-9E37-E7CB5F017D94@microsoft.com...
> Hi Group,
>
> I'm using Windows Mail with Vista home premium. Opened WinMail today and
> after a while got an error message saying the server (I use cox.net) did not
> respond within 60 seconds and did I want to wait or cancel. I said wait, and
> did this a few times. Finally I canceled. I thought it was just a huge
> download, but I never had one before that would have been so big. Anyway,
> when I went to the Cox mail site, there was nothing in the inbox. Whatever
> was hanging up seems to have disappeared. Anybody know why this would happen?
>
> Thanx,
> Ron