About a month ago, my Verizon email started to have sporadic problems. This got worse, then it got better, then last week it became an almost constant problem. I've reported it to Verizon many times. They usually say that there is no problem, but several people confirmed that they are having server issues. They've had me change my settings several times, and nothing helped. I cannot receive any email except on the webmail application online. This is bad because I can't access all my functionality. The error that comes back when the email program (both Live Mail and Outlook) is:

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Unable to send or receive messages for the Verizon (xxxxxxxxxx) account. A time-out occurred while communicating with the server.

Server: 'pop.verizon.net'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC19
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes

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Is there an answer or am I at the mercy of the Verizon Tech staff? This is really getting ridiculous.

Thanks in advance!