I am trying to use MS Outlook 2000 to check my Yahoo! mail, I have set the new mail account up according to http://j.desilva.tripod.com/misc_010816.htm but I can't send mail. I can recieve mail but I can't send it.
Nick Niehoff

once u get that error message, just click send again and your mail will be sent away and as long as u remain online all mails will be sent without any errors. if u log off the internet and get online again, u will see that u (once again) have to click twice to send yahoo mail out thru outlook.

hope this solves ur problem.

It didn't work. I click send/recieve and it goes to connect to the server, and thinks and thinks, and finaly it fails that task and under the errors tab it says unable to find server, I click send again and it still doesn't work.
Nick

that is strange, in this instance, can u receive the email atleast?

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No, the message still does not get sent. Strange huh. What version of MS Office do you have, Outlook 2000 but what service release?
Nick :-?

what is exactly the error message that u get?

i assume u are using ms outlook 2000, what happens if u use Outlook Express instead?

I also hope ur internet connection is on when u click SEND; and NOT auto-dialling and auto-shutting down when mail is being sent.

FYI I also have my f2s mail set up in outlook 2000 and it doesn't work either.
The error message is &quot;Unable to connect to the server. (Account:'My Yahoo! Mail', smtp server:'smtp.mail.yahoo.com', Error Number:0x800ccc0e).&quot;
What you you mean by auto shutting down, I don't think I am but who knows, I am not auto dialing. I get the same error (aproximately) in Outlook Express, same Error Number.
Nick

ok, a bit of a strange one this but first we have to figure out what this error code means.

so, looking at this table, we now know that u are experiencing server connection problems.

according to some it maybe limitations set by your ISP (to prevent spamming), so suggest writing to them to find out more.

also, u may try this, microsoft's email troubleshooter.

for F2S mail SENDING u have to use your ISP's smtp mail server (if u are not already aware of this).

iow, if your ISP's mail server is smtp.mail.myisp.com, this is what u would fill-in in the &quot;Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:&quot; field of Outlook 2000.

This is the ONLY exception, everything else is exactly as described in F2S.

Well, after going and reading the f2s thing all I can say to myself is DUH. Microsoft's site was OK, but if you're in a hurry I wouldn't recommend it. What ISP don't allow you to use a different SMTP server? Which ones do?
Nick