[Gerri Stephens]

Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication. Account:
'mail.atl.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.atl.bellsouth.net', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '-ERR An authentication mechanism MUST be entered', Port:
110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18

[Bruce Hagen]

See if this KB article helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3B198704
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"Gerri Stephens" <gerri411@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication.
> Account: 'mail.atl.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.atl.bellsouth.net',
> Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR An authentication mechanism MUST be
> entered', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error
> Number: 0x800CCC18
>

[PA Bear]

Your account is incorrectly configured in OE. The POP3 server is
'mail.bellsouth.net' now. (The 'atl' part was dropped in 2001.)

See http://help.bellsouth.net/sdcuser/asp/dsl/default.asp for instructions.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Gerri Stephens wrote:
> Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication.
> Account:
> 'mail.atl.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.atl.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
> POP3,
> Server Response: '-ERR An authentication mechanism MUST be entered', Port:
> 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18