PA Bear-sorry for the delay-here is the message in its entirety:An unknown
error has occurred Account: "Hotmail", Server:
'http://sevices.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmai.lasp', Protocol: HTTPMail, Port:
0, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 12019, Error Number 0x80004005

My OS is WinXP...My most recent effort since my initial post was just
completed...Trend Micro PC Cillin Internet Security 2007
uninstalled/reinstalled...it is not the cause of the error message (this was
simply one of my frustrated, amateur-like efforts to go for a fix...I am
aware of the system restore option, and I am painfully aware of the
uninstall-"gamble on losing critical data"-option with OE as well) As you can
read here, PA Bear, the Frank Saunders suggestion to reset server names in OE
did not work...either did the Hotmail Plus tech suggestion of removing my
hotmail account and re-registering it...As the language in the error message
points to a Hotmail Server issue, why doesn't a fix exist thru MS? (I can't
believe they are unaware of this, yet a search for the 0x80004005 only seems
to indicate that there are a stack of different issues all falling under the
same error message #...except mine...its hard to believe I am the only lucky
one in the universe with this issue resolution still unknown to MS)

Please help...I am already looking at how to migrate my OE contacts and
e-mails into another e-mail program so as to get out of the way of a possibly
"can't be fixed error message" taking over my wife (OK, so I made a little
joke-I needed to crack myself up for a minute-I'm not even married anymore)

DBL
"PA Bear" wrote:

Post the complete error message and state your Windows version, please.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

DBL wrote:
How do I delete error message Socket Error 12019, Error Number
0x800004005?
I cannot risk the loss of any contact files, so uninstall-reinstall OE is
not an option-please advise