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Frosty - 28 Apr 2006 23:00 GMT

I have set up a new email account successfully in Outlook but I can't logon
to incoming POP3 because "mailbox on the server is in use". Does anyone know
what that message means? Thank you.

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Milly Staples - MVP Outlook - 29 Apr 2006 06:48 GMT

What it means is that the mail server is in use. Contact your ISP for
assistance.

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After furious head scratching, Frosty asked:

| I have set up a new email account successfully in Outlook but I can't
| logon to incoming POP3 because "mailbox on the server is in use".
| Does anyone know what that message means? Thank you.

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Frosty - 29 Apr 2006 14:10 GMT

> I have set up a new email account successfully in Outlook but I can't logon
> to incoming POP3 because "mailbox on the server is in use". Does anyone know
> what that message means? Thank you.

Thanks Milly,
As it turns out, my ISP, Comcast does not support Outlook, only Outlook
Express. I later discovered that the error message was misleading. I was
using the wrong password and when I corrected it I was able to logon.
Frosty

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Bill - 29 Apr 2006 16:11 GMT

Frosty,
Comcast is telling you stories again. I have comcast and I am using Outlook
2003 without any problems whatsoever. You can call them three times and get
three answers to the same question. If you want additional help, please let
me know. The key is the two server names for incoming and outgoing:
"pop.comcast.net" and "smtp.comcast.net".

> > I have set up a new email account successfully in Outlook but I can't logon
> > to incoming POP3 because "mailbox on the server is in use". Does anyone know
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> using the wrong password and when I corrected it I was able to logon.
> Frosty

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Jeff - 29 Apr 2006 16:29 GMT

I'm on Comcast also and I use mail.comcast.net and mail.comcast.net with no
problems. Is there a diffrence between mail.comcast.net and pop.comcast.net?
Jeff

> Frosty,
> Comcast is telling you stories again. I have comcast and I am using
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>> using the wrong password and when I corrected it I was able to logon.
>> Frosty

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 29 Apr 2006 23:29 GMT

It depends on how your local Comcast has their servers set up. Some use
pop.comcast... others use mail.comcast...

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| I'm on Comcast also and I use mail.comcast.net and mail.comcast.net
| with no problems. Is there a diffrence between mail.comcast.net and
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||| misleading. I was using the wrong password and when I corrected it
||| I was able to logon. Frosty

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