Problem with Outlook 2002...

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I have been using Outlook 2002 as part of Office XP for some time now.

Suddenly, I start getting the following error:

Task 'pop.mail.yahoo.ca - Sending and 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).'

I am using Yahoo as a POP3 and SMTP gateway.

Please note that this configuration has been working for almost a year
and a half!

I can ping Yahoo's servers no problem.

I did some Googling, and YES I have SP3 installed, so - in theory - I
should NOT be having this problem.

I thought I would re-apply SP3 - just to be safe. I tried the MS
Office Update site, but it does NOT have an option I could find to
re-install. I tried downloading the full net admin update, but when I
ran it it just said "This update is already installed"!!!!!

I do not want to have to do a "repair" install, or re-install of
Office - this woud be a major pain in the ass.

HELP! Just can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks