Applications forcing TCP In?

Zeitus42 · 08-14-2009, 04:17 PM

Hi, upon regular use of my outlook express it has been fine with outbound-based connections. Now after 3 days of use it suddenly decided it would only connect using In-Bound connections?

Why and how does it absolutely NEED it to use inbound? It seems dangerous and unnecessary.

The reason I put this in firewall is because I need to know what ports or what would need to be restricted from use if indeed I was forced to use In-bound majority connections with the email servers.

Thanks for the help.

Zeitus42 · 08-14-2009, 04:21 PM

Just a side note no settings were configured in the space between the differing tcp connection types. How do I force it to use outbound based(majority) connections?

Error Message:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'lavabit.com', Server: 'lavabit.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

08-14-2009, 04:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zeitus42 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Applications forcing TCP In? Hi, upon regular use of my outlook express it has been fine with outbound-based connections. Now after 3 days of use it suddenly decided it would only connect using In-Bound connections? Why and how does it absolutely NEED it to use inbound? It seems dangerous and unnecessary. The reason I put this in firewall is because I need to know what ports or what would need to be restricted from use if indeed I was forced to use In-bound majority connections with the email servers. Thanks for the help. Last edited by Zeitus42; 08-14-2009 at 04:24 PM.

08-14-2009, 04:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zeitus42 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Applications forcing TCP In? Just a side note no settings were configured in the space between the differing tcp connection types. How do I force it to use outbound based(majority) connections? Error Message: The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'lavabit.com', Server: 'lavabit.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E