Charlie Pridham wrote:
Way off topic but this is driving me nuts!
Having huge problems with connecting to pop3 mail servers (not just
one particular one). and its affecting both computers.
Anyone who has any thoughts on what can suddenly cause this and what
to do about it, I would be delighted to hear from them!
Sending emails and newsgroups are unaffected.
I have tried deleting and redoing the accounts, this is the error
message I get. (the fault is constant on this account, but
intermittent on another)

The host 'pop3.btconnect.com' could not be found. Please verify that
you have entered the server name correctly. Account:
'pop3.btconnect.com', Server: 'pop3.btconnect.com', Protocol: POP3,
Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number:
0x800CCC0D

Having read your replies to other posters and ruled out the obvious ones
like firewall and antivirus, along with incorrect user/pass, there remains
one other possibility and that is a corrupted email on the server, if you
have a webmail facility on your ISP's homepage where you can log in rather
than go through outlook express, you can delete anything in there that might
be causing the problem and try again, if you don't have a webmail facility,
then you can telnet in, which is slightly more complex, and delete any
offending articles which may have 'blocked the pipe' as it were.