Lindsay,
As already noted by Doug and Rick, this isn't the newsgroup to use
for OE problems. However, if you go to earthlink.com and lookup
the server and account settings for your e-mail address I think you'll
find your answer.

If not, subscribe to either:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5_outlooke xpress (Ver 5.0)
OR
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55_outlook express (Ver 5.5)
OR
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress (Ver 6.x)
depending on what version of OE you're using.

Bill



"Lindsay" Lindsay @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
news
I keep recieving this error message: The connection to the server has
failed.
Account: Server: 'smtpauth.eathlink.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E. I have
researched it and can't seem to come up with any solution besides
reloading
Outlook Express which I would rather not do. Any help or suggestions would
be
greatly appreciated. Thanks