We are using an NT Server as our email server.  It dials out to our ISP
every 20 minutes and sends/receives email.  We are using MS Outlook Express
as our email client.  I have mine set up to check for new mail every 10
minutes.  Occasionally (and usually when the server is dialing out to get
new email), my OE will report that:

The connection to the server has failed. Account: '10.251.46.18', Server:
'10.251.46.18', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I have tried PINGing the NT server at these times, and the PING times out.
It seems as though when the mail server software kicks in and initiates a
dial-up networking session with the ISP that the "real" network connection
(via the NIC) is "disconnected".  Is there anything I can do about this,
besides pestering the ISP (who supplied the email software) and the vendor
of the email software?

Thanks for you help.


Jim Phillips                                          Manager of Information
Systems
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]   Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: (330) 527-2124                       P. O. Box 285
  Fax: (330) 527-2123                         Garrettsville, Ohio  44231