What does this error mean????

[Julian]

Hey Gary,

interesting you should say that about McAfee. They are really having
problems no with updates on machines with Vista. I tried Panda which I
really like for my old Gateway 98 but could never get it to work with
Vista
so went back to McAfee. Any suggestions on a good program compatible with
Vista? you can e-mail me privately at (e-mail address removed)
Thanks

No thanks. Emailing you wouldn't help anyone else.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

There are several free antivirus programs that work well with
Windows Mail. One of the better ones is Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

As always, the email scanning option should be turned off.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[MARY MARY]

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MARY,MARY

I contacted gateway and they couldnt answr, called my ISP and they checked
out my computer and everything is correct so there is no answer so I am bring
the computer back to the geek squad.

 

[mac]

That you lost your Sheep perhaps?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Quite contrary?

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

The computer can't figure out anything to tell you about the error.
1. Go to the Vista start menu and type cmd
2. The search results will display a program titled cmd
3. Right-click on the link and select "Run as administrator"
4. type "netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled" without
the quotation marks
5. Test your POP account and see if you can now download your mail.
6. If nothing changes, re-enable the autotuning feature by typing
"netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal"

Also, this is often caused by an anti-spam program or an anti-virus set to
scan email.
Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. It provides no added
protection. After doing so it may be necessary to reset the server names in
WinMail.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE
times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often virus)
attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:

"Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...6d4e006aaa94/4ba5fc8ef939c44c88256c7500723cf0

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. To make sure that
Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled
and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus
definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...85256edd00478dbd?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/norton_antivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it.