Outlook express problems

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Finn

I have 2 mail accounts and the second keep changing the incoming address
for my mail server to 127.0.0.1 after every start up.Whats causing this and
solution please.
Thanks
 
Finn said:
I have 2 mail accounts and the second keep changing the incoming
address for my mail server to 127.0.0.1 after every start up.Whats
causing this and solution please.
Thanks
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This is usually caused by a proxy in place, often from some security
software like earlier antiviruses or mail-cleaning programs, etc. Check
to see what you have installed and the options for any security
programs.

Otherwise, post your question in one of the newsgroups for Outlook
Express:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups

I don't know which of these groups is the best since I don't use OE but
you might want to look at both of them:

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Malke
 
This is usually 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
OE.

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.
 
Have you got McAfee installed??
that will do it..........
I had the same problem.....once I uninstalled McAfee, problem gone.
Seems it like to change settings........
Try using a different anti virus........

cheers

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This is not a problem...It means your mail is being checked by ...say McAfee
or some other anti virus prigramme and will then be downloaded

Bob
 
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