How can I get my outlook express to receive messages

Have just set Outlook Express on my new laptop computer, I get the error code (0x800408FC) for incoming emails. Outgoing settings are ok, even if I use the same server. How can I fix this?

  • It is a 'new' XP Machine?
  • Please post any error message in its entirety. You can left click on it to highlight then right click to copy and then paste in this thread. Just the number of code alone is not enough.
 

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