For a full day now my Outlook Express receives email just fine, but won't send. I get this message:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'smtp.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10057, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
I look up this error on the Microsoft online help site and it tells me Port 25 is blocked. I can't imagine why, but I suspect it is my Kaspersky. Sure enough, I go to Kaspersky "application rules" and the box next to "Outlook Express" Block is checked. All my other applications are checked "Allow".
So, I uncheck the "OE" Block and I "send" mail just fine. My question is, is this the proper fix? And do I open myself up to vulnerabilities by unchecking the Block?
Thanks for insights and information.
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'smtp.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10057, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
I look up this error on the Microsoft online help site and it tells me Port 25 is blocked. I can't imagine why, but I suspect it is my Kaspersky. Sure enough, I go to Kaspersky "application rules" and the box next to "Outlook Express" Block is checked. All my other applications are checked "Allow".
So, I uncheck the "OE" Block and I "send" mail just fine. My question is, is this the proper fix? And do I open myself up to vulnerabilities by unchecking the Block?
Thanks for insights and information.