OE can use up to 3 concurrent connections to a news server. Most news
servers allow this. But I've seen reports of some that allow only 2
connections.

You are most likely to run into the limit if you have just posted a
message and then switch newsgroups.

Some things you can do minimize the problem.

- If you have selected Tools, Options, General, Check for new messages
every xx minutes, make sure that in Tools, Accounts, News, Properties,
General you have NOT selected to Include this account when checking for
new messages.

- Tools, Options, Send do NOT check Send Immediately.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message
...
I use Outlook Express for accessing newsgroups (like this one).

I find Outlook Express opens connections to the news server all on
it's own
so that when I actually try to read or send a message I get errors
that I
already have the maximum allowed number of connections to the server
so I
can't read or send.

This is extremely tedious and can make using newsgroups a very
frustrating
process.

Is there any way I can stop (or limit) this weird Outlook Express
behaviour?

I'm using Windows XP Home with SP3.

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Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

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