Does not work Please Help

This could be a hard one to ask but, this has been going on for a long while.
Every time i try to use it I always get this.
The host 'smtp' could not be found Please verify that you entered the server
name correctly. Account pop3 server smtp protocol smtp port 25, secure SSL
no. socket error:1101 error #0x800ccod
Thanks Ken
Please email me if you have the answer:

What does not work? Outlook Express? "smtp" is not a host. Did this account
ever work? The complete error message must be shown here.

Please post the error message in its entirety. You can left click on it to
highlight and then right click to copy and then paste it into this thread.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Ken" wrote in message
...
This could be a hard one to ask but, this has been going on for a long
while.
Every time i try to use it I always get this.
The host 'smtp' could not be found Please verify that you entered the
server
name correctly. Account pop3 server smtp protocol smtp port 25, secure SSL
no. socket error:1101 error #0x800ccod
Thanks Ken
Please email me if you have the answer:

There is no such host with the name just "smtp". You need to find out from
your ISP what it is supposed to be, and properly configure your account
settings.

"Ken" wrote in message
...
: This could be a hard one to ask but, this has been going on for a long
while.
: Every time i try to use it I always get this.
: The host 'smtp' could not be found Please verify that you entered the
server
: name correctly. Account pop3 server smtp protocol smtp port 25, secure SSL
: no. socket error:1101 error #0x800ccod
: Thanks Ken
: Please email me if you have the answer:
:

"Ken" wrote in message
...
This could be a hard one to ask but, this has been going on for a long
while.
Every time i try to use it I always get this.
The host 'smtp' could not be found Please verify that you entered the
server
name correctly. Account pop3 server smtp protocol smtp port 25, secure SSL
no. socket error:1101 error #0x800ccod
Thanks Ken
Please email me if you have the answer:

Your account is not setup correctly. You need to get the correct settings
from your isp.

Jim

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:13:01 -0800, Ken wrote:

This could be a hard one to ask but, this has been going on for a long while.
Every time i try to use it I always get this.
The host 'smtp' could not be found Please verify that you entered the server
name correctly. Account pop3 server smtp protocol smtp port 25, secure SSL
no. socket error:1101 error #0x800ccod

Unless your provider has configured 'smtp' as an alias for their mail host
(I believe @Home used to do that), your client is not properly configured.
The server name, 'smtp', is an extremely rare alias; most providers require
a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) as the mail host. E.g., my provider
expects me to use, 'smtp.att.yahoo.com'; though they still run some other
servers, and I actually use, 'mail.pacbell.net'. Check with your provider;
they will know the proper host name (FQDN) to use. Or, at the least, let you
know if they require an alias in a different format.

Please email me if you have the answer:


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