Outlook 2003 Error 0x800CCC7D & Gmail!
MS Outlook is one of the efficient and effective email client application used worldwide by many users to manage and organize their personal or professional work in a better manner. This application can easily be synchronized with Gmail account so that user can easily send and receive mails and messages from Outlook without logging into their Gmail account. But at times while configuring Gmail account with MS Outlook 2003 results into some serious error messages which can make the data stored in the PST file inaccessible. In that situation to recover the lost data and to make the data accessible, user either need to use updated backup or need to use third party Outlook 2003 Repair software.
Let’s consider a scenario where when user attempts to configure its Gmail account with its MS Outlook 2003 application, he encounters an error message which says –
"Task ‘pop.gmail.com – Sending’ reported error (0×800CCC7D): ‘Your outgoing (SMTP) server does not support SSL-secured connections. If SSL-secured connections have worked in the past, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’"
After this error message user fails to access its mails and messages.
Cause
Gmail does supports SSL connections, in fact it tells user to use that. Some improper settings or permission might be causing this issue or the PST file of MS Outlook 2003 might have gone corrupt.
Solution
In order to fix Outlook 2003 0x800ccc7d error user need to follow these below mentioned methods –
- To begin with try to increase the timeout setting to 2 minutes and see if it works.
- In case it fails to fix the issue then delete the existing Outlook 2003 account settings and try to set them back again.
- If PST file is corrupt or damaged then use inbuilt Inbox Repair Tool and try to repair the damaged PST file.
In case nothing works then as a last option go for third party Outlook 2003 Repair software which will surely resolve the issue in seconds and make the inaccessible PST file accessible.