How to fix various Micorsoft Outlook Errors

There are a few Outlook Errors which tend to be more common than others. This article will hopefully help your fix errors with Outlook and troubleshoot various known issues.

Outlook Error Message “0×80004005″ Operation Failed

This message may appear in Outlook 2000, 2002 or 2003.

When you try to send or receive emails with Outlook you may get an error similar to “Sending and receiving reported error “0×80004005″ : The operation failed.” That error code could also be “0×800ccc0d” or “0×800ccc0e”. This could possibly be due to your security software which is blocking access to scripts. Do you ahve Norton AntiVirus installed? This particular application has a “Script Blocking” feature which you may have enabled.

Outlook Error Message “0×800ccc0f”

When sending and receiving emails you may see this error or a similar error such as 0×800ccc15, 0×80042108, 0×800ccc0e, 0×8004210b, 0×800ccc0b, 0×800ccc79, 0×800ccc67, 0×80040900, 0×800ccc81.

Specific error messages may include:

“No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.”

“The server could not be found. (Account:account name, POPserver:’mail’, Error Number: 0×800ccc0d)”

“Task ‘server name - Sending and Receiving’ reported error (0×800ccc0f): ‘The connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact the server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: ? K’”

“Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes of this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account. account name, Server: ‘server name‘, Protocol: POP3, Server Response: ‘+OK’, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0×800ccc0f”

“Task ‘SMTP server name - Sending and Receiving’ reported error (0×80042109): ‘Outlook is unable to connect to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to receive this message, contact the server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’”

“The operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP) server 0×8004210a”

“A time-out occurred while communicating with the server 0×800ccc19″

These errors are commonly associated with the fact that Outlook cannot make a connection to your email account. Make sure you check that your PC has an active Internet Connection, The email account settings in Outlook are correct such as mail server, user name and password and also check that your Anti-virus or Firewall is not preventing Outlook connecting to the mail server.

Outlook Error Message “0×800ccc0e” - Socket error: 10061

When trying to send or receive email you may experience this error in Outlook if the port which the email client is trying to connect to is blocked. Port 25 is used for sending and port 110 for retrieving emails.

Outlook Error Message “0×800CCC92″ or “0×800CCCD2″

It’s likely you are trying to connect to a POP3 Server  and your username and password are incorrect. Check all of your POP3 setting are correct and consult your ISP as to which sepcific settings in Outlook you should have enabled.

Outlook Error Message “0×800ccc19″

A time-out occurred while communicating with the server 0×800ccc19 OR The operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP) server 0×8004210a

If you are experiencing either of the above errors it is recommended that you check the configuration of your security software such as Norton AntiVirus or McAfee software.

There are many ways to implement security on your Website via a huge array of scripts and fancy encryption. If you have a Website and wish to secure an entire section or simply just a page this can be done by using htaccess.

What is htaccess?

htaccess is the default name of the Apache directory-level configuration file. The .htaccess file configures the current directory with things like password protection but can also perform a wide range of other useful techniques. For the purposes of this “how to” we will be using .htaccess to secure an entire directory or simply a single web page.

This is useful because you may have a “members only” area which you want to restrict to certain users or perhaps a private area where you have statistics or information you don’t want publicly viewable.

The first step is to create your encrypted user name and password. There are few places which allow you to do this (free of charge of course!)

http://www.4webhelp.net/us/password.php

http://www.htmlite.com/HTA006a.php

Choose a User Name and a Password and then encrypt to receive a string of text similar to this:

dal:20fnCgEGpRopc

This is your encrypted login info.

Next open up Notepad, you can find this by selecting the Windows Start Button followed by “Run” and typing “Notepad” then hit enter and the Notepad text editor should launch.

Now simply copy and paste your encrypted login info into the text file and then save it as “.htpasswd” NOTE: the dot before htpasswd!

Once you have this file saved you need to upload it to your web space. make sure you upload the file in a directory above the “Home” or “public_html” root folder.

Next we need the .htaccess file. This file tells apache which files or folders you want to protect.

Open up Notepad again so you have a new document. The code to protect an entire folder on your site will look like this:

AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName “The Private Folder”
Require valid-user

The section which says “/full/path/to/.htpasswd” needs to be the full path to the folder you wish to protect. If you are unsure of this path you may want to ask your web hosting provider.

The .htaccess file will protect the contents of that folder specified above and all sub folders and content below that folder as well.

If you wanted to simply protect one page your code would like like this:

AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName “The Private Page”

<Files “private.html”>
  Require valid-user
</Files>

This would ensure that only the page “private.html” would be protected. Again the correct path to your .htpasswd file must be entered.

Once you have the desired code, save the notepad file as “.htaccess” (Again remember that dot!) and now upload this file to the same directory you wish to protect or which holds the private file.

Now test out your new .htaccess protection by trying to access the folder or file you have protected. You should be presented with a user name and password prompt. Enter your chosen user name and encrypted password which was created earlier i.e. mine would be user: dal password: 20fnCgEGpRopc.

If you have any problems getting .htaccess to work it could be because your host does not support it. Sometimes it’s easy to get this enabled for your site so speak with your web host.