OL 2003 returns error 0x80040154 for POP3 send/receive

[MailFreak]

Hi there,

As result of an earlier question I have installed all office updates but
still this error comes back when pressing send/receive. The communication
with the exchange server goes well.

Task '(e-mail address removed) - Receiving' reported error (0x80040154) : 'Unknown
Error 0x80040154'

When I search microsoft.com for the error I find two documents related to
this error in Outlook 2002:
1.) to make a change to the registry after installing a hotfix of sept 5,
2004 - done
2.) that Outlook Express should be re-installed. Outlook Express is not
installed at all on my machine.

Thanks in advance

 

[Brian Tillman]

2.) that Outlook Express should be re-installed. Outlook Express is
not installed at all on my machine.

Well, yes it is. Outlook couldn't work without it, since thet both use some
common DLLs.

 

[MailFreak]

Thanks Brian,

Unfortunately that did not help. This is the (similar) message now:

Task '(e-mail address removed) - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP) server.
If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or
Internet service provider (ISP).'

Account settings 100% correct.

The strange thing I already mentioned in an earlier post is that the
- Find outgoing mail server (SMTP)
- Find incoming mail server (POP3)
have a status cancelled inmediately without seing any progress.

ciao

 

[Brian Tillman]

Unfortunately that did not help. This is the (similar) message now:

Task '(e-mail address removed) - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The
operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP)
server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

If I were in your shoes, I'd 1) use a webmail interface to see if there were
strange messages on the server, 2) try a brand-new profile, 3) Run a Detect
and Repair.

 

[MailFreak]

Hi Brian,

1) there are no strange emails in the mailbox, the last week and a half I
managed it through the webmail
2) just created a new profile but the same error comes up (connection to
exchange server is OK
3) please give more details about this Detect and Repair. From where and how?

Thanks a lot anyway for your effort!

 

[MailFreak]

Found the Detect and Repair by entering it as a search on Microsoft.com but
unfortunately it did not work.

Slowly becoming desparate ...

 

[Brian Tillman]

3) please give more details about this Detect and Repair. From where
and how?

Help>Detect and Repair

 

[Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]]

Have you, by any chance, checked the "Use SSL" option on the Advanced tab
for your POP3 account? If so, try unchecking it - if your POP3 server does
not support SSL, Outlook will time out trying to connect.

 

[jdowpe]

Hey, I have the same exact problem. My son is a geek and he can't find the
problem. I've unloaded OL2003 and cleaned up....reinstalled OLXP. Same issue.
Reinstalled OL2003. In test setting looks like starts to process then goes to
cancelled. In a send/receive get the same error you do "unknown". I'm
running Mozilla in the meantime and it has no issues through same server.
Makes no difference if you generate new accounts. Must be something in the
registry, I think.

I beleive the problem started when I updated my Office 2003 on the Microsoft
website.

Have you found a resolution?