How to fix the Runtime Code 0x80042108 Outlook is unable to connect to your incoming (POP3) e-mail server

About Runtime Code 0x80042108

Runtime Code 0x80042108 happens when Microsoft Outlook fails or crashes whilst it's running, hence its name. It doesn't necessarily mean that the code was corrupt in some way, but just that it did not work during its run-time. This kind of error will appear as an annoying notification on your screen unless handled and corrected. Here are symptoms, causes and ways to troubleshoot the problem.

Definitions (Beta)

Here we list some definitions for the words contained in your error, in an attempt to help you understand your problem. This is a work in progress, so sometimes we might define the word incorrectly, so feel free to skip this section!

• Administrator - An administrator account is a user account on an operating system which allow make changes that can affect other users including, but not limited to, the creation and restriction of user accounts, change operating system options including security settings, install software and drivers, access all files.
• Connect - Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for node, created by Sencha Labs providing high performance "plugins" known as middleware.
• Contact - A person who may be approached for information or assistance or the action of communicating with someone, typically in order to give or receive information.
• Continue - A language construct typically used to bypass the rest of a loop and return to the beginning for the next iteration.
• Mail server - A mail-server or mail transfer-agent is a program which accepts emails and forwards them to other mail-servers using a client-server architecture normally the SMTP protocol is used for this.
• Message - Facebook messages, JavaScript messages, mobile messages Android, iOS, windows-phone, etc.
• Norton - Norton is a brand owned by Symantec and first developed by Peter Norton
• Outlook - Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft most notably used for handling e-mail, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Persona - Mozilla Persona is a decentralized authentication system for the web based on the open BrowserID protocol prototyped by Mozilla.
• Pop3 - Post Office Protocol version 3
• Provider - DO NOT USE — this tag is being cleaned up
• Server - A server is a running instance of a software application capable of accepting requests from a client and giving responses accordingly.
• Service - A Service is a long-running executable that performs specific functions and which is designed not to require user intervention.
• Ssl - Secure Sockets Layer SSL is a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communications over the Internet
• Mail - Email is a method of exchanging digital messages from a sender to one or more recipients