Outlook Express on Windows XP Home: cannot send e-mail larger than 1K

[Todd Winks]

I'm having problems sending e-mail that is larger than approximately 1K
(that's right, K) from Outlook Express (on Windows XP Home Edition) over a
DSL connection.

The e-mail is simple text - i.e. no attachments.

On the same DSL connection I have no problems browsing the Net, downloading,
using telnet or receiving
e-mail.

I've tried disabling the firewall on the connection and rebooting, to no
avail.

The error message I get is:

"Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Subject 'x', Account: 'x', Server: 'x', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error number: 0x800CCC0F"

Any ideas?

Thanks,
TW

[John E. Carty]

Have you gone to Tools | Accounts and verified that your outgoing mail
server (SMTP) has the correct information? :-)


"Todd Winks" > wrote in message
...
> I'm having problems sending e-mail that is larger than approximately 1K
> (that's right, K) from Outlook Express (on Windows XP Home Edition) over a
> DSL connection.
>
> The e-mail is simple text - i.e. no attachments.
>
> On the same DSL connection I have no problems browsing the Net,
downloading,
> using telnet or receiving
> e-mail.
>
> I've tried disabling the firewall on the connection and rebooting, to no
> avail.
>
> The error message I get is:
>
> "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Subject 'x', Account: 'x', Server: 'x', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
> 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error number: 0x800CCC0F"
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> TW
>
>
>
>

[rifleman]

In article >, says...
> I'm having problems sending e-mail that is larger than approximately 1K
> (that's right, K) from Outlook Express (on Windows XP Home Edition) over a
> DSL connection.
>
> The e-mail is simple text - i.e. no attachments.
>
> On the same DSL connection I have no problems browsing the Net, downloading,
> using telnet or receiving
> e-mail.
>
> I've tried disabling the firewall on the connection and rebooting, to no
> avail.
>
> The error message I get is:
>
> "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Subject 'x', Account: 'x', Server: 'x', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
> 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error number: 0x800CCC0F"
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> TW
>
>
>
>
>
have you got Email scanning on your AV enabled? Disable it and then try.
--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[Todd Winks]

"John E. Carty" > wrote in message >...
> Have you gone to Tools | Accounts and verified that your outgoing mail
> server (SMTP) has the correct information? :-)

I should've made it clear in my original post that I have no problems
sending an e-mail message that is smaller than 1K.

Cheers,
Todd

[Todd Winks]

Thanks, but I had no virus-checker running.

Resetting my TCP/IP stack did the trick. I ran the netsh utility from the
command-line:

netsh int ip reset c:\tcpipreset.txt

and I can now send large e-mail messages successfully.

Cheers,
Todd


"rifleman" > wrote in message
om...
> In article >, says...
> > I'm having problems sending e-mail that is larger than approximately 1K
> > (that's right, K) from Outlook Express (on Windows XP Home Edition) over
a
> > DSL connection.
> >
> > The e-mail is simple text - i.e. no attachments.
> >
> > On the same DSL connection I have no problems browsing the Net,
downloading,
> > using telnet or receiving
> > e-mail.
> >
> > I've tried disabling the firewall on the connection and rebooting, to no
> > avail.
> >
> > The error message I get is:
> >
> > "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
causes
> > for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> > inactivity. Subject 'x', Account: 'x', Server: 'x', Protocol: SMTP,
Port:
> > 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error number: 0x800CCC0F"
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > TW
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> have you got Email scanning on your AV enabled? Disable it and then try.
> --
> (I may be wrong...I usually am....)
> Google is your Friend
> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>