Error Message: The Mail Server Name Cannot Be Found

ID: Q169523

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you post a message to a newsgroup in Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0, the following error message may occur:

   The mail server name cannot be found. Please check your mail account
   settings, network connection, and TCP/IP configuration.

CAUSE

This error message can occur if you carbon copy (Cc) a mail recipient on a newsgroup message and Outlook Express is not your default e-mail program.

RESOLUTION

To set Outlook Express as your default e-mail program, perform the following steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. On the General tab, click the "Make Outlook Express my default e-mail

   program" check box to select it, and then click OK.

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbtool msiew95 msient 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: October 2, 1997