Mike schreef: > 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
I don't know about the wired/wireless connections above, but this: > 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 ? ... might happen if you use a Python program to filter spam in Outlook (e.g. SpamBayes). This error is often caused by a personal firewall blocking such a filter program, and after a Python upgrade, every Python program will be considered "unknown". -- JanC "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." RFC 1958 - Architectural Principles of the Internet - section 3.9 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list