Retrieving and sending e-mail

[Hugh Aaron]

After I start my new XP computer in the AM and click on
Outlook Express to see my e-mail, it indicates that it
can't find both the incoming and outgoing servers,
despite being on-line. This occurs even though the e-mail
program was working perfectly prior to shutting it down
the previous evening. I discovered that if I restart the
computer the e-mail program then works. It seems to me
this shouldn't be necessary, especially since no such
procedure is required on my old Windows 98 computer. Can
anyone tell me how the necessity of restarting for OE to
work correctly can be remedied. By the way, before
restarting, if I click on to Internet Explorer it refuses
to come up with the homepage or other sites. After
restarting, no problem.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Hugh,

It's not a problem with your e-mail, it's a problem with your connection. I
would start by rechecking all connection settings, as well as for driver
updates for your network card or modem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Hugh Aaron" > wrote in message
...
> After I start my new XP computer in the AM and click on
> Outlook Express to see my e-mail, it indicates that it
> can't find both the incoming and outgoing servers,
> despite being on-line. This occurs even though the e-mail
> program was working perfectly prior to shutting it down
> the previous evening. I discovered that if I restart the
> computer the e-mail program then works. It seems to me
> this shouldn't be necessary, especially since no such
> procedure is required on my old Windows 98 computer. Can
> anyone tell me how the necessity of restarting for OE to
> work correctly can be remedied. By the way, before
> restarting, if I click on to Internet Explorer it refuses
> to come up with the homepage or other sites. After
> restarting, no problem.