Thanx PA Bear! I will give that a try. It's funny, My desktop was using these
same settings sucessfully ever since Microsoft switched to the "live" thing
and my notebook has been running these settings for six months.

Thanx again!
-Curtis-

"PA Bear" wrote:

Your settings for the account are incorrect. See
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...cd9d3f44185057
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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Curtis wrote:
Hello,

I have searched the posts but could not find a solution for my problem.
Two
weeks ago I suddenly could no longer send email from Outlook Express. I
use
Outlook Express to manage my Comcast and MSN email. Both simultaneously
stopped working. One account is on my desktop running Windows XP and the
other is on my notebook running Vista and Windows Mail. Both have outgoing
ports set for “25�. Did Microsoft change the outgoing port? Is there a
way around this? Below is the error message that I receive when trying to
send email.

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Account: 'MSN Mail', Server: 'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP,
Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error: 10053, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

Thank you for any suggestions.
-Curtis-