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Don’t know if this is correct place to ask for help on this problem , but here goes .
Looking for a bit of advice re. Windows Mail which I have been using for a few years now with no probs .I am using Vista Home Premium , Service pack 2. On the last few days on opening to check mail , I get a box on screen saying,

Would you like to go off line ?

No connection to the internet is currently available.To view internet content that has been saved on your computer click work offline.
Click try again to attempt to connect.

When I click box , mail downloads as normal.

Don’t know why this message has started to appear all seems to be o.k apart from this .

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Got problem fixed . Solution supplied by another forum , apparently quite common .

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Sorry I couldn’t help I don’t use Windows Mail.

You could share the solution, which would nicely conclude this topic and possibly help anyone searching in the future.

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No problem David R , your help has been very much appreciated in the past few years . As suggested , here is the solution , as you state , may help someone else .

Katrina

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Since: Jun 14, 2007
Posts: 2

(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:19 pm
Post subject: RE: Windows Mail Showing Offline Error [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Winston5998,
I too had the same problem but resolved it by doing this
below:
Open WM, go to Tools, then accounts, then select your email account, go to
properties, then to connection. Check the box that says “always connect to
this account using,” Local Area Network!

Hope this helps.
Katrina.

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thought the same, question was asked, solved somewhere else, topic remains, sharing the solution for those interested would be nice :wink: I don’t use Windows Mail either (how could I anyway, it’s been removed in Win7), but I use Windows Live Mail, and may be you (the OP) should upgrade :wink:

edit: ok, cross-posting, you posted the solution while I was writing :slight_smile:

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If its good for DavidR an avast! Überevangelist then its good for me.

Go to PROFILE then Modify Profile then Forum Profile Information then Signature: and put information about your system if you like just like my signature so that the helpers can offer pertinent answers.

I use Windows Live Mail on Windows 7 but not Windows Mail on my XP Pro system.

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Thanks for the feedback.

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YoKenny , took your advice re.system info . :slight_smile: