If you send a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e-mail
message by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and a Post Office Protocol version
3 (POP3) account, you may receive the following error message:
'Sending and Receiving' reported error
(0x8004210B):
The operation timed out waiting for a response from the
sending (SMTP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your
server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).
The message
remains in the Outbox.
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This behavior may occur if the e-mail account is damaged.
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To resolve this behavior, remove and then re-create the
e-mail account. Follow these steps:
| 1. | Quit Outlook. |
| 2. | Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. |
| 3. | Double-click Mail, and then click E-mail Accounts. |
| 4. | Click the e-mail account name, and then click Remove. |
| 5. | Re-create the e-mail account. |
For additional information about configuring an e-mail
account, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
287532 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287532/)
How to Configure Internet E-mail Accounts
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For additional information
about resolving this error message, click the following article number to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
304008 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304008/)
OL2002: Cannot Send SMTP Mail Messages by Using a PO304008 Account and SSL
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