The message could not be sent problem connecting to SMTP server

Hello friends,

I am sharing here my experience about using Windows Live Messenger, I encountered an error while sending my email, below is the screen shot of the error message.

Send Message Error

Sending of message failed.

The message could not be sent because connecting to SMTP server smtp.service.ohio-state.edu failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connection. Please verify that your SMTP server settings are correct and try again, or contact the server administrator.

I meet this error message just today when I am about to send an email to my friend. Since this message is too important, I need to solve this problem in order for me to send this email. I already tried all possibilities in solving this problem from checking my internet connection to reinstalling the application, but it did not solve the problem at all. Please help me with this problem.

Thanks.