That type of problem is usually 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,
although that may not be sufficient to eliminate all bad effects.
In a worst case scenario, your antivirus may need to be uninstalled.
Email scanning in any antivirus must be disabled, for reasons
explained here:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
If no improvement after disabling email scanning, consider upgrading
to Windows Live Mail, because it is less prone to suffering bad effects
from overly intrusive antivirus programs:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"harmony4" <> wrote in message news:1A575813-DAAC-44BE-B46E-...
> My e-mail has been sending and receiving just fine, for the last year - all
> of a sudden, it does not allow any e-mails to come thru and there is an error
> code. The error code is as follows:
> "The connection to the server has failed. Account:
> 'shawmail.ed.shawcable.net', Server: 'shawmail.ed.shawcable.net', Protocol:
> POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number:
> 0x800CCC0E"
>
> Thank you and I appreciate your assistance - I can still go on line, thru
> shaw high speed, and send e-mails.