Some ISPs, including DCAnet, AT&T WorldNet, MindSpring, MSN, Prodigy Internet, S prynet, EarthLink, and NetZero, and many others require you to send all outgoing messages through their mail servers.

In these cases when you try to send a message, you'll see an error similar to th e following:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.reliaval.com', Server : 'mail.reliaval.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

You'll need to reconfigure your outgoing mail server settings as follows:

1. Launch Outlook Express as usual.
2. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
3. Select the Mail tab.
4. Select the server to your account and click the Properties button.
5. Select the Servers tab.
    

Change the Outgoing mail (SMTP) setting to the one required by your ISP:

• If you're using DCAnet, enter postoffice.dca.net
• If you're using AT&T WorldNet, enter mailhost.worldnet.att.net
• If you're using MindSpring, enter smtp.mindspring.com
• If you're using Microsoft's MSN, enter smtp.email.msn.com
• If you're using Prodigy Internet, enter smtp.prodigy.net
• If you're using Sprynet, enter smtp.sprynet.com
• If you're using EarthLink, enter mail.earthlink.net
• If you're using NetZero, enter smtp.netzero.net
• If you're using AltaVista Free Access, enter email.1stup.com
• If you're using another ISP, contact your ISP for the correct setting for their outgoing (or "SMTP") mail server.

Click OK to close the Properties window and then Close to close the Internet Accounts window.

Close Outlook Express and then restart it.

You should now be able to send and receive e-mail from your account using AT&T WorldNet, Prodigy Internet, NetZero, or other ISPs.

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