Outlook Express for Mac Won't Send emails!

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Tony Stubbs - 27 Jun 2005 16:33 GMT

For years, I have used Outlook Express with no problem on my G3. Just
recently, it's developed an annoying little habit of not sending email.
I keep getting a "connection failure" error. It receives just fine. I
went through it with SBC tech support (my ISP), and stumped them.
Account Settings are all correct - it just won't send. If I delete all
the files on my hard drive associated with OE 5.0.6, and reload it, the
problem goes away - temporarily. I have to reload the software daily.
Anybody have any ideas?

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TG Online (MVP) - 28 Jun 2005 08:34 GMT

> For years, I have used Outlook Express with no problem on my G3. Just
> recently, it's developed an annoying little habit of not sending email.
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> problem goes away - temporarily. I have to reload the software daily.
> Anybody have any ideas?

Perhaps it's an MTU issue (assuming that you've got a broadband connection).
Are you able to fire up a separate dial-up connection and test mail sending
with that? You would need to switch to the relevant SMTP server for that
dial-up connection, but it might be a worthwhile test.

Ricky

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nathan1280 - 19 Jul 2005 04:53 GMT

Tony Stubbs-

I am having the same problem, but do not have access to a dial up
connection. 'm using wireless. Did you find a solution?

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Outlook Express for Mac Won't Send emails!