The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop.spamcop.net', Server: 'pop.spamcop.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

telnet'd in .. it's talking to me ...???

Thanks Wazoo

without warning Norton/s decided to block outgoing and incoming email

Email working perfectly after reboot
ASAP I will install windows onecare a much superior product
Norton is just too system heavy and buggy

Just when I bought a sea scooter on ebay (summer in Australia)

Been there, done that .... came day I was tryng to hit a Government site, got a 404 ... tyied a bookmarked site, no proble, tried another bookmarked site, no problem, tried the original desired site, got a 404 ... called the folks, who couldn't see problem .. went round and round ..... issue was that somehow the little checkbox on my firewall got cleared, taking it out of 'training mode' .. which left it locked down .. any site already whitelisted worked, any 'new' site was impossible to reach ... exactly like a good firewall should do <g> ... how that box got unchecked I never did figure out ....