I have recently got a new Dell laptop.  I installed Windows Live Mail.  It worked for a week then I got the error "Connection to the server has failed".

I inspected the setting for the outgoing server and it was correct, but I re-entered the same setting.  It worked for a few emails then the same error.

I have re-installed WLM.  Same results.

I have opened a new account in WLM.  Same results.

It seems as if some program is interfering with the outgoing server address.

Does anyone have any ideas what is happening, and/or a solution?