Outlook Express Becomes Unuseable

[homeric]

Hi I have OE 6 on a Win98SE PC - This has worked well for years, but now just yesterday I started getting the message "The host'cccc.cccc.ccc' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: ' cccc.cccc.ccc', Server: 'cccc.cccc.ccc',ProtocolOP3, Port 110,Secure(SSL):No, Socket Error:11001, Error Number:0x800CCC0D"

At the same time I can't log onto the internet (Page not found)- When I reboot the problems go away, then later in the day, having left the broadband connection up, the problems simply reappear

There appears to be no virus & the onlt software addition I've made is to install Irfanview (viewer) - Anyone got any ideas what's going on please?

 

[smah]

This could be due to antivirus software, firewall software, proxy software, or simply lost connectivity with your ISP. Probably the most logical place to start is connectivity with your ISP.

 

[homeric]

Sorry, but problem just got worse - Now I can't run OE at all - Getting message "Unable to open OE message store ....0x8007000E' followed by 'MSOE can't be initialized...'
IE seems to work, but then goes dormant and I have to re-boot, (much the same as the case I originally reported regarding OE)
I thought I'd try copying all .dbx files to a new temporary folder then uninstall OE & re-install it, but how do I do that? - My Win98SE CD will hold very old versions!
Can you suggest anything please?

 

[smah]

You may have more than 1 thing going on. To be safe, it would be a good idea to copy your .dbx files, just in case something gets even worse.

The next time that IE hangs, open a dos prompt and type ping www.yahoo.com If you get a response, that will mean that you connection to the internet is still working. I suspect that it will be.

Next, I would suggest a full reinstall of IE & OE which you can get at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx#ENC