Why do have I started getting email error message 0x8004210A?

[Gordon]

theDrog wrote:
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[theDrog]

Thanks for your reply: Here is more detail. I started getting email error
message 0x8004210A (time out) quite recently for both incoming & outgoing
mail. I have tried varous solutions related to the Norton Internet Security
software.I have narrowed the problem down to the Personal Firewall. If I turn
this off - Outlook operates fine without a problem. If the Firewall is on I
receive the time out message. I think the settings in Firewall may have
changed during a recent update - but so far, I have not been able to resolve
this problem
In the meantime I can access my mail through the Yahoo web - but I prefer to
use Outlook - and my addresses etc are all set up in Outlook.

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for your reply: Here is more detail. I started getting email
error message 0x8004210A (time out) quite recently for both incoming
& outgoing mail. I have tried varous solutions related to the Norton
Internet Security software.I have narrowed the problem down to the
Personal Firewall. If I turn this off - Outlook operates fine without
a problem. If the Firewall is on I receive the time out message. I
think the settings in Firewall may have changed during a recent
update - but so far, I have not been able to resolve this problem
In the meantime I can access my mail through the Yahoo web - but I
prefer to use Outlook - and my addresses etc are all set up in
Outlook.

The simple answer is - ditch Norton. Many people report problems both with
this and McAfee. There are quite a few freeware apps that will do the same
job without the hassles.

 

[theDrog]

In the meantime.........any other suggestions?

The simple answer is - ditch Norton. Many people report problems both with
this and McAfee. There are quite a few freeware apps that will do the same
job without the hassles.

 

[Gordon]

In the meantime.........any other suggestions?

What OS are you using?

 

[theDrog]

Windows XP

What OS are you using?

 

[Gordon]

Windows XP

If you've got SP2 (which you should have) then disable the Norton Firewall
and enable the XP firewall.....for now!