I have the same problem. It isn't a problem with Outlook. It is with Python. I loose my wired AND wireless connections. Removing Python bringst them back to operational. Mike
M. Laymon wrote: > I just installed Python 2.3.3 under Windows XP professional. After I > did, my wife tried to access her email using Outlook Express and got > the error messages: > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible > causes for > this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > inactivity. > Account: 'incoming.verizon.net', Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', > Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible > causes for this > include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > inactivity. > Account: 'incoming.verizon.net', Server: 'incoming.verizon.net', > Protocol: POP3, > Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > (No comments about Outlook, please.I have tried to get her to use a > different email program, but she likes Outlook.) I checked the > settings, then recreated her account in Outlook, but nothing worked. > My Mozilla Thunderbird email client worked fine. > > Since the only thing I had done recently was to install Python. I > used system restore to go back to the point before installing Python. > After I did, Outlook started working again. Has anyone else seen this > behavior ? > > Thanks. > > M. Laymon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list