- Cable/ADSL or dial-up? Makes a difference for Outlook starting up when no connection.
- Both pop3 (receive) and smtp (send) disabled? These are different servers.
- Go into a command window and ping your ISP's pop-and smtp-server (like ping pop3.tiscali.nl). What happens?
- Important detail: what's the exact error message. These tend to be helpful.
- It happens that someone comes here with "all of a sudden" and after ten posts admits he deleted a firewall or put a router in between or removed some spyware or updated his modem driver via windows update just before things didn't work anymore. Really no changes on your part? Just to be sure.
- Try the telnet trick for diagnostics: http://manual.liquidweb.com/chapter3/pop3.htm
Hope this helps. Report your findings.
Kees
All of a sudden won't connect to E-Mail server (Road Runner), neither will Outlook Express. Called Road Runner tech support, went thru standard help in Outlook Express-still doesn't work. When I open Outlook and then close outlook it stays active in the Task Manager "Processes" window--I have to close it manually. Took computer back to vendor (2 yr warranty) they did virus scans, etc-didn't fix the problem. Have uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook. No help
Thanks
Ken

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