Outlook Express - seems to time itself out

[Kenny]

I re-loaded windows and everything is fine..except one minor niggle with Outlook Express. Since re-loading windows, I find that if I'm online but don't use Outlook express, then I decide to use it and send an email...it won't send the email unless I close my Orange (Freeserve) broadband and log on again..and then it works perfectly !

Any ideas how to set up the Outlook so that it doesn't 'time itself out' ( or however you want to describe it?)

Hope all that makes sense !!!

 

[centaur]

In OE look in Tools>Options and have a look through the various tabs, particularly Send, Connection and Security to ensure that you have the right options checked or unchecked as appropriate.

 

[Redboots]

Normally, when you first logon to your mail server, a recieve is done before a send.

The (pop3) receive, logs you in with your userid and password. The (smtp) send, uses the gateway opened by the pop3 receive. It does not supply uid/pw (default logon action).
This gateway is left open for 20 mins by default and then it closes. In order to initiate another send after 20 mins, you need to perform a recieive to re-open the gateway.

That's why you set your send/receive retry time to less that 20 mins, or whatever your mail hoster specifies.

J