I have the SAME problem. I also use PC-cillin 2005. At the moment I'm
testing some setting changes in the "Personal Firewall" section of this
suite. I have edited the default settings in the exceptions list as follows:

1. Put a check mark under "Active" for everything that says Outlook, port
25, and port 110. (There are others, but make sure of these.)
2. Change the POP 3/Port 110 exception from "Out" to "In".

I really like this antivirus/firewall and must admit disappointment if this
is the cause of our dilemma. BUT, to Trend Micro's credit, I ran a firewall
test at a very reputable site and the results were that I am completely
stealth.

As far as our Outlook issue is concerned, these changes have worked for me
these first two days. Hopefully not a fluke. Still testing.

ZILLA


"pb2000" wrote:

Using Outlook 2003 SP1, Windows XP Pro SP2.

OL2003 configured with 3 POP3 mail accounts. Two Worldnet (uses SSL), one
Yahoo business mail (does not use SSL).

This problem occurs ONLY when first starting for the day, having booted the
PC, gotten to the desktop, and started OL2003.

OL is set to do a send/receive upon startup and to check each email account
periodically.

Invariably, the initial send/receive will start and get part way through.
The two sends will complete (one account is receive only) and one or more of
the receives may complete. One or two of the receives will hang until a
time-out error occurs.

Sometimes simply clicking send/receive suffices to get a complete
send/receive done. Sometimes I must restart Outlook. Sometimes I must reboot
the PC.

Once a send/receive cycle completes, it will be fine for the rest of the day.

I have done all the suggested things in article 813514 with no effect:
* reinstalled Outlook Express
* rebuilt the profiles
* repaired the Outlook installation
* checked account settings against each ISP's requirements
* checked firewall settings (PC-cillin Internet Security 2005) - problem
occurs even with firewall turned off
* disabled email checking and spam filtering in PC-cillin Internet Security
2005
* disabled spam checking in Outlook
* checked for disabled add-ins in Outlook - none
* checked for defective emails in each account on servers
* check PST files for errors with checkpst.exe. They seem to occur
periodically and I periodically fix them. BUT I've seen this problem occur
when I have just checked all the PSTs (four total) and know they're
error-free.

Needless to say this is driving me batty.

Any suggestions? Many thanks.