outlook express seems to be stealing my email!

[Guest]

the inbox in two of my email servers seems to empty whenever my home computer
is connected to the web - until I switch on, I can access and read mail in
the inboxes from other computers and even forward it (to my third, safe,
address). This third address has never been used by outlookm the other two
have. Any ideas? I have scanned for viruses and uninstalled and
re-installed my McAfee security suite AND deleted all email account details
from OE but to no avail.

 

[Newbie Coder]

Noremac,

Try the Outlook Express Newsgroup as you'll get a better reply:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

[tom]

the inbox in two of my email servers seems to empty whenever my home
computer is connected to the web - until I switch on, I can access
and read mail in the inboxes from other computers and even forward it
(to my third, safe, address). This third address has never been used
by outlookm the other two have. Any ideas? I have scanned for
viruses and uninstalled and re-installed my McAfee security suite AND
deleted all email account details from OE but to no avail.

Make sure in "View/Current View" you have "Show All Messages" selected
rather than "Hide Read Messages" or OE will "steal" all messages after
you've viewed them once.

 

[PA Bear]

Try posting to this OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

[Elmo]

The Inbox in two of my email servers seems to empty whenever my home computer
is connected to the web. Until I switch on, I can access and read mail in
the Inboxes from other computers and even forward it (to my third, safe,
address). This third address has never been used by outlook, the other two
have. Any ideas? I have scanned for viruses and uninstalled and
re-installed my McAfee security suite AND deleted all email account details
from OE but to no avail.

In OE, click Tools, Accounts, Mail tab, click an account, click
Properties. Click Advanced tab, select "Leave a copy of messages on
server". But if you removed the accounts, OE can't be removing the
messages. Maybe Thunderbird, or another program.. I suspect the
default in any program would be to remove the mail from the server.