setting up email account

I have entered all setting for my email account but keep getting this
annoying message...The connection to the server has failed. Account:
'mail.optusnet.com.au', Server: 'mail.optusnet.com.au', Protocol: POP3, Port:
110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
I am absolutely sure that I have entered the right settings.. What can I do

WinMail/Tools/Options/Advanced tab/Maintenance/Troubleshooting... check
logging of log in dialogue and see what you get.... post here.
Michael

"Harty" <Harty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2DE0859-54EB-4C09-8F5D-4D32AC3DF7A1@microsoft.com...
>I have entered all setting for my email account but keep getting this
> annoying message...The connection to the server has failed. Account:
> 'mail.optusnet.com.au', Server: 'mail.optusnet.com.au', Protocol: POP3,
> Port:
> 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
> I am absolutely sure that I have entered the right settings.. What can I
> do

That type of error is often caused by interference from a non-
compatible antivirus program. Which antivirus are you running?
As a minimum, email scanning in the antivirus must be turned off.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Harty" <Harty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news2DE0859-54EB-4C09-8F5D-4D32AC3DF7A1@microsoft.com...
>I have entered all setting for my email account but keep getting this
> annoying message...The connection to the server has failed. Account:
> 'mail.optusnet.com.au', Server: 'mail.optusnet.com.au', Protocol: POP3, Port:
> 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
> I am absolutely sure that I have entered the right settings.. What can I do