You may get the error message when trying to send email:

• "The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server. The rejected e-mail address was 'test@example.com' . Subject 'Ski trip', Account: 'Test', Server: 'smtp.server.xxx', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 relaying to prohibited by administrator', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79

This problem happens because Outlook Express was configured to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL), which some providers do not use.

To repair this problem:

When you start Outlook Express or when you try to send an e-mail message, you may get one of the following error messages:

• MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Directdb.dll
• MSIMN caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll
• MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll
• MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module "unknown"
• Outlook Express: The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space.
• Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL] Error: 0x800c0131

If you use a POP3 email account and when you send / receive messages in Microsoft Outlook 2002 you may get the following errors.

• Task - Sending ' reported error (0x8004210B): The operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).

When you try to check your POP3 email account, you may get one of the following error messages:

• Task 'smtp server name - 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 provide (ISP).'
• A time-out occurred while communicating with the server 0x800ccc19

The following are some of the most common Outlook and Outlook Express errors.

Those cryptic error messages that many of the commonly used programs display can be difficult to decipher. Here, we've compiled a list of common error messages that are given by a number of programs.

• Outlook and Outlook Express errors