Bob, that sounds like a similar problem I had. I could send but not receive.
The gist of the problem was that the service providers went about trying to reduce the spam that comes through. Thier method was to block a port that most spam used. Problem was that this port was used for sending messages. Smart of them.
I called comcast and they were completely useless, finally directing me to take my case to microsoft. Comcast wasn't smart enough or didn't care enough to tell people to change the port for outgoing mail. Whether they informed their CSRs or told them to not say anything abou it, who can say.
I finally did a google search with keywords to the effect of can't send but can receive and found some useful hits.
I changed my port to 587. See if that helps. It was the cure for me.
ya turns out comcast sent me an email over the weekend, but it went to my junkmail folder. anyway apparently while i was off with a buddy gambling, drinking, and ogling women in Reno for a guys weekend, my wife opens some junkmail and wammo... that's what i get for having fun heh :drink:
anyway for all you comcast people, just follow the link embedded in the e-mail which takes u to the comcast website, and you will end up changing your outgoing port to 587, and you will check the box indicating you will authenticate future e-mails.
don't know if Thunderbird is better than Outlook 2003, but might be worth checking out per Taktik. i would have to be able to export my address book tho
ok, so now to my moves from Taktik and Bertram! :stirthepot: