Connection failed message

I am new to the MAC environment.
I installed Time Capsule to my iMac 3.  I set it up so that I could share files between the iMac and Mac Book Pro.  Every time I click on a picture to view it I get the message:
     Connection failed
     There was an error connecting to the server "server_name".  Check the server name or IP address, and then try again.
It gives this message for every image I try to open.  How can I correct this?  Thanks.

Each individual email account can separately be taken Offline (or Online if already Off), without any relationship to your being online to the internet -- the message is referring to that, and also implies it has taken this account Offline, due to some failure. We need to track down the source of the failure. If the one account is Offline, there will be a symbol of a lighting bolt beside it. If troubled only, the symbol presented may look like a triangular caution sign -- is there a symbol beside the mailboxes for this account?
Have you ever been successful getting your mail with this setup of this virgin account? Is the Username entered in the preferences, the portion of the email address in front of the '@virgin.net" only?
Can you use the Network Utility application to Ping the server, mail.virgin.net from your Mac -- I could from mine?
More info, please.
Ernie

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