TGo the OP, increase your server send/receive interval as well as any antivirus integration with Outlook (both scanning incoming and outgoing mail). Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, tim in pa asked: | I dont have a answer for you, but I can say i spent 2hrs 40 min with | an ISP on the phone and recieved no help and I dell support where i | spent 1hr and 29 minutes with solutions. I also have microsoft 2003 | version. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no prevail I just | keep receinging the same error code as you listed if you find | solutions let me know and I'll do the same., | | "F. Edwin Felty" wrote: | || This problem started yesterday morning about 1000. Previously, || Outlook has worked without fail for about 6 months, when I had to || replace a failing harddrive with a clean install. If I try to send || an email, the send fails with the error 0x80042109. If I send a || 'test your settings' email, I get a more verbose message that says || the server was found, but did not respond. Now, the details: || || I found 2 articles about the error 0x80042109 that talked about || 'being on the MSN network and trying to send through another || system', but I have no connection to MSN. || || I have my own domain name and email address package through || 'Godaddy'. || || There are two other email addresses in this domain/email package || that are unaffected. || || Yesterday I spent about 2 hours on the phone with 'Godaddy' tech || support, examined all settings, tried alternate port of 587 and 3535 || for SMTP and finally, the tech said I should call my ISP. The theory || being that, since everything was in order, Comcast must be blocking || my access. Since I'm not using Comcast's email system, I found this || puzzling, but called them anyway. || || Comcast checked the line and pinged my modem and pronounced it 'not || their problem'. || || I have run a 'detect and repair' that 'Completed Successfully' and a || 'scanpst.exe' that found 6 errors that it repaired, with no change || in the problem. || || I disables the windows firewall and the Avast antivirus v. 4.8 and || still doesn't work. || I waited overnight to see if the problem disappeared as glitches || sometime do, but no joy. || || Interestingly enough, Outlook automatically does a 'Send/Receive' at || 5 minute intervals, and the email I had been trying to send for 24 || hours, went out at 0959. I tried to send another test email, and || clunk, broke again. || || Doing an 'Outlook /safe' does not solve the problem and I finally || uninstalled Office 2003, I thought completely. I then turned off the || computer and disconnected the power for 5 minutes. || || I then turned the computer back on and reinstalled Office 2003, and || much to my surprise, all my settings were still there, so I really || didn't get a complete uninstall. || || At this point I am completely out of ideas. If anyone has seen || anything like this (and knows the solution), any suggestions would || be greatly appreciated. || || Thanks again for listening, || || Eddie in Loveland || || "A television can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in || like a computer." || || PS. Sorry about the crosspost...I'm desperate!