-=PCTechTalk=- Quirky Outlook Express Mail Problem?

I've had a quirky mail problem since being on a cable modem over a year ago
(can't remember if I had it on dial-up).  I've always used Outlook Express.
When I'm surfing, I leave my mail program open and minimized and set to poll
for mail every 10 minutes.  I'll be sending and receiving mail just fine,
then all of a sudden nothing comes or goes and I get an error message on
every account that doesn't seem to point to any particular problem - just
says that the connection failed and it can't seem to find the host.  When I
open my cable company's software and test my connection, it shows that my
connection is fine and my applications are connecting fine.  When I call my
cable company, they verify that my connection is fine and say it must be a
problem with Outlook Express.  Closing Outlook Express entirely and
re-opening it does not do any good, however, restarting my computer gets my
mail flowing again.

Is there some quirky problem with Outlook Express, or can this be a TCP/IP
problem?  What can it be?

Cajun

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