<p>Q: In early February our Comcast service went out, affecting our TV, phone and computer connections for about five minutes. Since then I can't send emails from Windows Live Mail. However, I can still receive emails and have no other Internet connectivity problems. What do you suggest?</p><p>A: It sounds as if your computer isn't connected to Comcast's outgoing email server. This could have been caused by the service outage, some unrelated PC configuration issue or by changes Comcast has made in the way it handles email.</p><p>If the service outage disrupted your connection to Comcast's outgoing email server (called the SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server), you may have to call Comcast's help desk to get it reconnected.</p><p>But try a couple of other things first. Sometimes PC configuration issues, such as your computer having the wrong date and time settings, can interrupt Windows Live Mail. For a list of common configuration problems, see Microsoft's forums at tinyurl.com/a5anlyl.</p><p><a href="http://azstarnet.com/business/local/live-mail-user-can-get-but-can-t-send-messages/article_e8c5a64e-d57f-5d25-897f-df9d6d9c0de5.html">Keep reading...</a></p>