Hello people. When I'm offline and double click the OE icon on the desktop or
start menu OE will not connect to the internet. I get the error "The host
_________ could not be found". There's no problem opening OE and sending /
receiving mail when I'm already online, regardless which icon I click.

This is a brand new Compaq w/ XP Home Edition, SP2 installed from the
factory. Norton A/V has been uninstalled. Windows firewall is turned off.
Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0D

"pbrig" wrote in message
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Hello people. When I'm offline and double click the OE icon on the desktop
or
start menu OE will not connect to the internet. I get the error "The host
_________ could not be found". There's no problem opening OE and sending /
receiving mail when I'm already online, regardless which icon I click.

This is a brand new Compaq w/ XP Home Edition, SP2 installed from the
factory. Norton A/V has been uninstalled. Windows firewall is turned off.
Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0D


Broadband or dial up?

If dial up, look in Internet Option and see if it's set to Never Dial or in
OE's Tools | Accounts | Mail | account name | Connections tab | Always
connect to this account using.....


If broadband, you're offline and need to put it back online. OE doesn't know
if you want to go back into online mode or not, that's just the way you left
it.

...Norton A/V has been uninstalled. Windows firewall is turned off.

*BIG* mistake (unless another A/V and a third-party firewall have been installed)!

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

pbrig wrote:

Hello people. When I'm offline and double click the OE icon on the desktop
or start menu OE will not connect to the internet. I get the error "The host
_________ could not be found". There's no problem opening OE and sending /
receiving mail when I'm already online, regardless which icon I click.

This is a brand new Compaq w/ XP Home Edition, SP2 installed from the
factory. Norton A/V has been uninstalled. Windows firewall is turned off.
Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0D