{"id":3097,"date":"2012-10-03T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:16:49","slug":"0x80042108-outlook-is-unable-to-connect-to-your-incoming-pop3-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/email\/0x80042108-outlook-is-unable-to-connect-to-your-incoming-pop3-server\/","title":{"rendered":"0x80042108 \u2013 Outlook is Unable to Connect to Your Incoming POP3 Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

This error may be the result of a temporary server problem, security software on your computer blocking the connection, or you may be experiencing internet connectivity problems.<\/p>\n

Follow the steps below to attempt to resolve the error:<\/p>\n

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  1. Verify that you are connected to the internet by attempting to visit a web page that you have not visited before. If you can\u2019t view web pages, attempt to reconnect to the internet. If you are then still unable to view web pages and download your email, please contact your Internet Service Provider for further assistance.<\/li>\n
  2. If you are connected to the internet, check our Network Notices<\/a> to see if there are any temporary server problems.<\/li>\n
  3. Your anti-virus, anti-spam or firewall software may also be interfering with connection to the server. In the configuration of your anti-virus or anti-spam program, turn off scanning of email being sent or received. In the configuration of your computer\u2019s firewall, ensure that port 110 is open and can accept connections.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"plain":"This error may be the result of a temporary server problem, security software on your computer blocking the connection, or you may be experiencing internet connectivity problems.\r\n\r\nFollow the steps below to attempt to resolve the error:\r\n
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    1. Verify that you are connected to the internet by attempting to visit a web page that you have not visited before. If you can\u2019t view web pages, attempt to reconnect to the internet. If you are then still unable to view web pages and download your email, please contact your Internet Service Provider for further assistance.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. If you are connected to the internet, check our Network Notices<\/a> to see if there are any temporary server problems.<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. Your anti-virus, anti-spam or firewall software may also be interfering with connection to the server. In the configuration of your anti-virus or anti-spam program, turn off scanning of email being sent or received. In the configuration of your computer\u2019s firewall, ensure that port 110 is open and can accept connections.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This error may be the result of a temporary server problem, security software blocking the connection, or internet connectivity problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119,124],"tags":[22874,22877],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","category-errors","tag-0x80042108","tag-outlook-is-unable-to-connect-to-your-incoming-pop3-server"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":119,"name":"Email","slug":"email","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":119,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Learn the basics and get going with our easy to set up email guides","parent":0,"count":125,"filter":"raw","term_order":"62","cat_ID":119,"category_count":125,"category_description":"Learn the basics and get going with our easy to set up email guides","cat_name":"Email","category_nicename":"email","category_parent":0},{"term_id":124,"name":"Errors","slug":"errors","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":124,"taxonomy":"category","description":"A problem solving tool","parent":119,"count":9,"filter":"raw","term_order":"108","cat_ID":124,"category_count":9,"category_description":"A problem solving tool","cat_name":"Errors","category_nicename":"errors","category_parent":119}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":22874,"name":"0x80042108","slug":"0x80042108","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":22874,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"522"},{"term_id":22877,"name":"Outlook is Unable to Connect to Your Incoming POP3 Server","slug":"outlook-is-unable-to-connect-to-your-incoming-pop3-server","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":22877,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"523"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"marketing","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/marketing\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ea315e112423b2b955cb020fbce2b0835956c6ad85ff0f13f1db298977eaaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}