Cant send emails on Windows Mail

I have reviewed a lot of the threads here, and I do not see a solution that
seems to have worked. I am have AVG Free anti Virus running, and I am using
the Windows Firewall program.

I was fine on original set up, but last night (November 5th) I could no
longer send email. Receiving is fine, but sending will not work.

The following is the error message I receive when attempting to send emails



The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be
correct for your outgoing e-mail [SMTP] server. For help solving this
problem, go to Help, search for "Troubleshoot Windows Mail", and read the
"I'm having problems sending e-mail" section. If you need help determining
the proper server settings, please contact your e-mail service provider.

The rejected e-mail address was ' SMTP '. Subject
'', Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'smtp.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP,
Server Response: '550 5.5.0 < SMTP > malformed
address: SMTP > may not follow < ', Port: 25,
Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79

The error message is rather self-explanatory. The email address to
which you are sending is malformed. Why is there an "SMTP" included
at the end of the address? If you did not type that "SMTP", then something
else did. Uninstall AVG antivirus and try sending again. If it works, then
replace your antivirus with the free Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Even compatible antivirus programs will need to have their
email scanning option turned off. For more on this topic see
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"GraffiaJR" <> wrote in message news:50E2F24D-EA04-49D7-81B6-...
>I have reviewed a lot of the threads here, and I do not see a solution that
> seems to have worked. I am have AVG Free anti Virus running, and I am using
> the Windows Firewall program.
>
> I was fine on original set up, but last night (November 5th) I could no
> longer send email. Receiving is fine, but sending will not work.
>
> The following is the error message I receive when attempting to send emails
>
>
>
> The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be
> correct for your outgoing e-mail [SMTP] server. For help solving this
> problem, go to Help, search for "Troubleshoot Windows Mail", and read the
> "I'm having problems sending e-mail" section. If you need help determining
> the proper server settings, please contact your e-mail service provider.
>
> The rejected e-mail address was ' SMTP '. Subject
> '', Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server: 'smtp.comcast.net', Protocol: SMTP,
> Server Response: '550 5.5.0 < SMTP > malformed
> address: SMTP > may not follow < ', Port: 25,
> Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79