outlook 97 and express email problems

[Tim Foote]

Hi,

I am currently on an IBM X21 laptop and is running windows
98 se with office 97 pro. I recently experienced some
problems with outlook (illegal operations etc) and
reinstalled office to fix the problem but since then I
have not been able to send or recieve emails with outlook
97 and outlook express 6. I simply get an error message
saying the host can't be found (but does exist and I can
ping it successfully). Any suggestions on what I might do?
I have tried creating new accounts in windows mail and
outlook express, but I still get the same error.

Thankyou in advance!

Tim

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you reinstall the Office updates for Office 97?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Tim Foote <[email protected]> asked:

| Hi,
|
| I am currently on an IBM X21 laptop and is running windows
| 98 se with office 97 pro. I recently experienced some
| problems with outlook (illegal operations etc) and
| reinstalled office to fix the problem but since then I
| have not been able to send or recieve emails with outlook
| 97 and outlook express 6. I simply get an error message
| saying the host can't be found (but does exist and I can
| ping it successfully). Any suggestions on what I might do?
| I have tried creating new accounts in windows mail and
| outlook express, but I still get the same error.
|
| Thankyou in advance!
|
| Tim

 

[Guest]

yes I have, I have also just reinstalled all winsock and
dial-up networking components. I used sr-1 to reinstall
office and then applied sr-2b, but the same thing still
occurs. It's weird though that it happens with outlook
express too...