having the exact same problem. Was working fine until a MS update installed
and rebooted system around 930am on Saturday morning. Outlook still not
working with XP but working ok with 2003 OS. Have restored to earlier date,
have reinstalled Outlook. Still no luck. Could use some help!

"flowerface" wrote:

my outlook has been working for ever. Suddenly last night it cannot connect
to the outgoing mail server. All the connections are correct and what they've
always been. I've removed the account settings and added them again as well
as restarting outlook an the computer. It says outlook cannot connect to my
outgoing smtp email server. Would appreciate a response.