msn live mail issues

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Sep 2009 at 10:46

For no apparent reason and no medaling my mail client has gone funny.

It basically goes to look for new mail and never completes the task.
I get the following:

checking inbox for new messages.

checking sales for new messages.
(at this point nothing happens for ages)

Then I get this:
Your IMAP server has not responded in 60 seconds. Would you like to wait another 60 seconds for the server to respond.

Whats the deal? I have altered nothing it just stopped working the other day. I have reinstalled the mail client.
The mail application on my iphone still works...

UKDTweak · 28 Sep 2009 at 10:48

If its a Hotmail account, do you have the Microsoft Connector installed?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Sep 2009 at 11:36

No its my mail for my domain/web server.

paradigm · 28 Sep 2009 at 12:23

I assume your domain/web server is in house?

If so, are you able to ping it? connect to its SMTP server by telnet?

Has its windows firewall re-enabled itself by any chance?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Sep 2009 at 16:51

My server isn't in house? Assuming you mean actually in my house.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Sep 2009 at 16:57

I have fixed it by changing the account to a POP3 from IMAP or whatever its called.
Either way it was working for months fine until the other day.