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Originally Posted by Ashover

I'm using Outlook Express 6 on Windows 98 SE. It initially starts to send the mail and I get the following error message.


Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Subject '', Account: 'xxxxxx', Server: 'smtp.ntlworld.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10054, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

I'm not part of a network and haven't changed or added anything since before these problems began.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514 it seems to infer that actually uninstalling your AV software, testing, then reinstalling might cure the problem.