Cannot log into incoming mail server

[uk_sailor]

I get the following error when I click on send and receive.

Task 'Stingo - Sending and Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC0F) : 'The
connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact
your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

I have searched on here for similar errors and followed the suggestions.:
- I have uninstalled all anti virus and spyware software.
- I have disabled XP firewall.
- I have reinstalled Outlook.
- I have setup an account in Outlook Express.
- I have thought about throwing my laptop through the window.
- I can send and receive to another domain without a problem.
- I can ping my mail.xxxxxx.co.uk domain but not the mail.stingo.co.za mail
domain. (stingo is the domain that I cannot log into)
- I can log into stingo.co.za webmail without a problem.

What haven't I tested? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Have you tried using Telnet to check the connection as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196748/en-us

 

[uk_sailor]

I've now tried that and it does not appear to be working correctly. The +OK
and welcome message does not show, as described in the article you referred
to.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds like it's an issue more basic than Outlook. Check with your ISP if
there's an issue with the server.

 

[uk_sailor]

So there I was, about to do a laptop flotation test. I was also about to
commit myself to communicating by quill and tablet for the rest of my life. I
was going to donate my blank CD's to Charities-R-Us. I was about to give my
5.1/4 inch floppy drive to a museum, and out of the ether, an email arrives
from my ISP, via an excruciatingly slow web mail. It said: I've had this back
it looks like the reg company has changed the name servers....

Well wasn't that nice of them? Perhaps a little notice may have been in
order, along with a note saying what they were going to change their dns too.

I still cannot send and receive, but at least I can point a finger at some
unknown reg company. May their profits soar and their shareholders choke on
champagne and caviar.

Swimming naked, mid-Atlantic would be more fun, especially the bit where I
have to get used to a squadron of great white sharks seeing my marriage
tackle dangling in the tide.