Saturday 3 May 2014

How to Fix Outlook Error 0x800ccc0e

Outlook Error 0x800ccc0e

Despite the number of beneficial features of MS Outlook, some problem or error occur in MS Outlook,  that may lead to the corruption of PST file or can cause PST file inaccessible. Error occurred in MS Outlook can be resolve manually by changing Outlook settings, but mostly users don’t have the idea how to resolve Outlook error, to solve Outlook error user look for different solution.


Here we look at Outlook error 0x800ccc0e that could occur in MS Outlook and the possible solution that can be available to resolve this error:

Outlook Error 0x800ccc0e: This error occurred in MS Outlook when user configure MS Outlook with email account and send email using MS Outlook. Causes for this error occurrence is due to Outlook authentication problem, If Email account on server do not authenticate Outlook to send emails. Outgoing mail server rejects the Email from sending and user not able to send email.

Steps to Solve Outlook Error 0x800ccc0e

There are two methods to solve Outlook error

First Method: In this method user has to make sure that e-mail account settings are correct in Outlook
Procedure to check Outlook E-mails settings

Go to "Start" -----> click “All programs” ----> click “Microsoft Office”----> select “MS Outlook


Click “Tools” tab in Menu, then select “Account Settings

Double click on “Mailbox Account

Click “More Settings

Click on “Advance” tab

Check outgoing server (SMTP): It must be 587 for sending emails.

Click Ok.

Second Method: If user has the Outgoing server (SMTP) 587. Then user can check for second method. In this method user have to clean messages that are struck in Outbox of Outlook
Open MS Outlook 


  • Click on “File” tab in Menu
  • Select “Work Offline”: By enabling Work offline, user will be not able to send emails
  • Check Outbox: If there were emails in Outbox then either move those emails to draft folder or user may delete this emails
  • After completing above steps user has to uncheck the “Work Offine” option, so user can send the emails.