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Multiple accounts problem

Discussion in 'Microsoft Mail (Outlook / OE / Windows Mail)' started by chrisgoulden, 2006/05/29.

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    chrisgoulden

    chrisgoulden Inactive Thread Starter

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    I'm running Outlook 2000 on a Win98SE system with all the latest updates. I have 2 different email accounts with 2 different ISP's set up in Outlook (IMO mode) and they are set to check every 1 minute. Problem is, after a while (1 or 2 hours...) I get a "unable to connect to server" and it will never reconnect unless I exit out of Outlook and reopen the program, then it will connect right away and download all messages for another while longer. I have to keep doing this all the time. Any suggestions as to why???
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Try changing the setting to check for new mail to every five minutes. If one ISP is slow in letting you access, it can cause issues.
     
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    chrisgoulden

    chrisgoulden Inactive Thread Starter

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    Still doing it.

    Yes, I tried changing to 5 or 10 minutes. But I still ge the same problem after a while. I tried something else today, I deleted the first account and just tried checking the second account alone. It's still giving me errors. So it's related to that account, however, my ISP has no known problems, their other users are not experiencing this. And because I have to restart Outlook as a temp fix, I tend to agree that it's something caught in my system.

    Any other ideas?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Wouldn't hurt to delete the second account and then recreate it.
     
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