This is more likely to be an issue caused by your virus scanner integrating
with Outlook. Disable this integration and try again.
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/20

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"Robert" wrote in message
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Whenever i try to send an e-mail, i get a 'server error' - timeout
exceeded.
i tried turning off the firewall, and still get the error. thank god for
gmail