Ah, yeah, different problem altogether. I just quickly glanced at the error
of 800ccc0f and mistook it for 800ccc3f and stupidly failed to read the post
very closely. My bad :-\ Thanks for pointing out my blunder.

I'm still quite curious about the http polling issue though.

"mae" wrote in message
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They are using a POP3 account, not a Hotmail account
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mae

"particle" wrote in message
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| It's a hotmail server problem. The hotmail server system will no longer
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| "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
| ...
| This is usually caused by scanning e-mail, or an anti-spam program.
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| "F Alsultan" wrote in message
| ...

| "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
causes
| for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period
of
| inactivity. Account: ', Server:
'mail.xxxxxxxx.com',
| Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure (SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053,
Error
| Number: 0x800CCC0F "
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