Hi, I'd been using Outlook 2003 successfully on my Windows XP SP2 laptop for nearly a year now, until a few weeks ago. Since then, Send/Receive stops working for days at a time before mysteriously starting to work again. The errors that I get are:
0x8004210A
0x8004210B
0x800ccc15
I hadn't made any changes to my e-mail account settings. I disabled ZoneAlarm, Windows Firewall, and AVG Free anti-virus, but that doesn't help.
All of my accounts (comcast.com and also my small business' domain) are failing, and my co-workers (who work from their homes) aren't having problems.
Also, I normally don't use Outlook Express, but today I created my POP3 accounts there and am able to send/receive in Outlook Express with no problems. So as a temporary solution, I'm downloading my e-mails into Outlook Express and then importing them into Outlook. Then I'm importing my Outbox messages from Outlook into Outlook Express so that they can be sent.
I'm a stand-alone home user. The problem isn't my wireless network or my router, because I can't send/receive even when I'm on other wireless networks or when I'm connected directly to my cable modem with an RJ-45 cable.
I tried increasing the server time-out settings. I also tried creating a new profile (Control Panel > Mail), but that hasn't helped, except maybe for one time a couple of weeks ago. (I don't know whether the new profile was the reason why send/receive started working again.)
In spending hours researching this problem on the web, I came across Microsoft's suggestions at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813514They recommend removing and reinstalling Outlook Express. But I'm hesitant to do that since Outlook Express is working fine, and if I mess it up, I will cut off my last remaining lifeline to receiving e-mail via my POP3 accounts, and web mail isn't really an option for me because I travel a lot.
I'd really appreciate any suggestions.
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