Windows 7: email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90

Opened WEmail trough WEgallery? I'm not sure that's correct, but I don't use WEgallery. It's my understanding that these wre 2 seperate apps. The are linked in some fashion though, I only fire up WEmail through WEmail.

It might require a restart of WEmail or an even bigger hammer - a system reboot for the "emptying inbox/outbox" trick to take effect.

What firewall is running on your system.

I just recalled a few members having some issues when ZoneAlarm was their firewall

Yes, I am running the AVAST mail shield; however, my WE Live is back sending and receiving again. The next time it fails I try turning of AVAST.

xgdude

ok, post your progress

In the menatime, could you update your forum system specs?

Use the Easy System Specs in my signature so you don't have to find & type all of the information.

Thanks,

Bill
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WE Live maiil once again will not send or receive. I disabled AVAST shields for ten minutes and tested and it still would not send or receive. I rebooted my pc and checked and still no send or receive.

Looks like Avast is not the culprit.

Xgdude.

ok, one down.
Leave Mail Sheild off though - any file that hits the system will still be scanned by the file system shield and possibly the behavior shield. The Network shiled seems to prevent threats nicely (warns if I visit a site that has questionable objects) - this might be a bit heavy, so the user has to decide the risk - I normally just leave the site.

Note: I only install File, Network, Behavior, and Script shields when I install Avast 'be free'. The other shields (Mail, IM, P2P, and Web) are, in my opinion, redundant. I also disable the cloud services - a twice daily virus def update seems sufficient (I don't need constant update checks). I definitely do like the sandbox.
It's just my personal choice for Avast (or any malware product).

Did you ever try forwarding as suggested in Post #8?
Did you ever try Thunderbird as suggested in Post #11?

These are free options you can use that might help determine the cause of your problem.

I've had zero problems with the new at&t servers using Outlook 2010 and WLM 2012.
I did have problems like yours with the yahoo servers, but not with the new at&t servers.
I'm in Greensboro, NC and don't know if that might make a difference for the email and DNS servers I connect to with Uverse...

Slartybart:
Well, it's Friday morning and once again my live mail is back sending and receiving like there has never been a problem. It has becomee very predictable; works in the morning and quits in the afternoon.
There has got to be a fix for this.

I took your advice and stopped my Avast shields for mail, IM, P2P, and web.
Also updated my system specs for the forum.

Davidw7ncus:
No, I did not try forwarding or Thunderbird as an option. Is that a possible way to discover the cause of my problem or are they an attempt to work around the problem?

xgdude

Just tried to email some pictures through live mail and now it will not send or receive; Didn' last long this time. I immediately moved thje email with attachment to my client-Outbox storage file then went to my web mail and moved two new emails to the server inbox storage file.

This is really irritating !!!


xgdude

yeah, this is a sticky wicket.

So you've tried moving stuff out of the way, I don't think a stuck msg is the problem, so you don't have to continue moving stuff.

You've tried disabling the mail shield.

Two down, 3+ to go.
Refresh your memory - 1 & 3 yet to try.
See Post 60: email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90, and
Post 62: email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90 re: firewall

Also try David's suggestions - they will isolate whether the issue is WEmail or systematic.

Post 6: email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90
--> This has good info re: seervers and other ATT links (auto updater). I guess you can add the servers as another itme on the test list. When you've exhausted the list of things to try, setting the servers in the account to use the OLD servers might yeild some relief - not sure, but it is onemore thing to try.

Post 8:email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90
--> Forwarding ATT mail to Gmail and using using Gmail servers to retrieve your mail.

Post 11:email error windows live mail/server error 0x800CCC90
--> Using another eMail client to test connectivity