Eircom email problems

I hope somebody out there can help me. My mum has used eircom broadband & email for the past 8 years problem free. She has recently received the following message when she hits the send/receive button in outlook:
"Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'mail2.eircom.net', Server: 'mail2.eircom.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F"
I'm afraid this is double dutch to me as I have no understanding of what the problem is. I would be so so so grateful if anybody could give me a "dummys guide" to how to fix this problem for her.

hi
I have just come from there it not recognizing my login ,might be a problem their end , just try again later or tomorrow ,if it still a problem then its time to worry

just checked eircom forum ,they are aware of a problem
wonder if it has any thing to do with that exploit in the browser on the news last night

[broken link removed] is up on their website

Yes, their email seems to be down since yesterday, and no joy so far this morning.

johnwilliams said:

wonder if it has any thing to do with that exploit in the browser on the news last night

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Unlikely, that issue is IE specific.

My webmail, and my GF's email is back, so at least 2 of the webmail server farm are back up. It will take a while for the queued email to be delivered.

Eircom email

Hi! Is anyone still having problems with eircom email - I'm really lost without my email account!

[broken link removed] (dated this morning) says service is now restored to all.