Problems with timeouts and outbox

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I have vexing problems with timeouts and messages being dumped into my
Outbox (Outlook 2000). I have timeout set for three minutes, but after
trying to retrieve or send mail, there will be a timeout and the outgoing
message is dumped into the Outbox. Usually it sits there until I restart the
computer and open Outlook again. Sometimes it sends automatically on
reopening; at other times, I must go to Outbox, open the email and click on
Send. If there is more than one message in the Outbox, I must open and
re-send all of them individually. Sometimes the system successfully
retrieves email automatically, but generally it downloads email only after
my restarting the computer.

Does all this sound familiar to anyone? I can access and navigate on the
internet without any problem. I can look at my email and send email on my
server's web site (Comcast) with no problem. The problems might have begun a
couple of weeks ago with my installing Norton Internet Security 2005. I have
disabled the Windows firewall and enabled the NIS firewall, and I removed
all addins but for Norton Antispam addin. I am corresponding with Norton
(Symantec) support, but they have been unable to find a solution thus far.
Trying to find a solution, I have disabled all firewalls, disabled NIS
altogether, and still the problems persist. Since I can look at my email on
the Comcast web site, Comcast says that it is not their problem. They're
probably right. I plugged the cable modem directly into the back of my
computer, thereby eliminating the routes as the villain, but the email
problems remained.

If anyone can suggest a remedy for this vexing problem, I would be most
grateful.

Harlan
 
That should read, ". . eliminating the router as the villain, . . ."

Harlan
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|I have vexing problems with timeouts and messages being dumped into my
| Outbox (Outlook 2000). I have timeout set for three minutes, but after
| trying to retrieve or send mail, there will be a timeout and the outgoing
| message is dumped into the Outbox. Usually it sits there until I restart
the
| computer and open Outlook again. Sometimes it sends automatically on
| reopening; at other times, I must go to Outbox, open the email and click
on
| Send. If there is more than one message in the Outbox, I must open and
| re-send all of them individually. Sometimes the system successfully
| retrieves email automatically, but generally it downloads email only after
| my restarting the computer.
|
| Does all this sound familiar to anyone? I can access and navigate on the
| internet without any problem. I can look at my email and send email on my
| server's web site (Comcast) with no problem. The problems might have begun
a
| couple of weeks ago with my installing Norton Internet Security 2005. I
have
| disabled the Windows firewall and enabled the NIS firewall, and I removed
| all addins but for Norton Antispam addin. I am corresponding with Norton
| (Symantec) support, but they have been unable to find a solution thus far.
| Trying to find a solution, I have disabled all firewalls, disabled NIS
| altogether, and still the problems persist. Since I can look at my email
on
| the Comcast web site, Comcast says that it is not their problem. They're
| probably right. I plugged the cable modem directly into the back of my
| computer, thereby eliminating the routes as the villain, but the email
| problems remained.
|
| If anyone can suggest a remedy for this vexing problem, I would be most
| grateful.
|
| Harlan
|
|
| --
| Harlan
| ---
| [If you reply to my email address, please delete the word REMOVE from the
| address.]
|
|
|
 
HH said:
That should read, ". . eliminating the router as the villain, . . ."

Harlan
---
[If you reply to my email address, please delete the word REMOVE from the
address.]


|I have vexing problems with timeouts and messages being dumped into my
| Outbox (Outlook 2000). I have timeout set for three minutes, but after
| trying to retrieve or send mail, there will be a timeout and the outgoing
| message is dumped into the Outbox. Usually it sits there until I restart
the
| computer and open Outlook again. Sometimes it sends automatically on
| reopening; at other times, I must go to Outbox, open the email and click
on
| Send. If there is more than one message in the Outbox, I must open and
| re-send all of them individually. Sometimes the system successfully
| retrieves email automatically, but generally it downloads email only after
| my restarting the computer.
|
| Does all this sound familiar to anyone? I can access and navigate on the
| internet without any problem. I can look at my email and send email on my
| server's web site (Comcast) with no problem. The problems might have begun
a
| couple of weeks ago with my installing Norton Internet Security 2005. I
have
| disabled the Windows firewall and enabled the NIS firewall, and I removed
| all addins but for Norton Antispam addin. I am corresponding with Norton
| (Symantec) support, but they have been unable to find a solution thus far.
| Trying to find a solution, I have disabled all firewalls, disabled NIS
| altogether, and still the problems persist. Since I can look at my email
on
| the Comcast web site, Comcast says that it is not their problem. They're
| probably right. I plugged the cable modem directly into the back of my
| computer, thereby eliminating the routes as the villain, but the email
| problems remained.
|
| If anyone can suggest a remedy for this vexing problem, I would be most
| grateful.
|
| Harlan
|
|
| --
| Harlan
| ---
| [If you reply to my email address, please delete the word REMOVE from the
| address.]
|
|
|
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Having the exact same problem Called my ISP and the only thing that
made a little difference was disabling all programs at startup
(Run..msconfig..startup.disable all) and rebooting. This worked for a
while but I am beginning to see the same problems. Only solution as
with you is to reboot computer each time email slows down. Any word
from Symantec yet?
 
The problem is NIS 2005. It slows down the computer and interferes with
Outlook. Uninstall it and get PC-cillin from Trend Micro. It works much
better and solves all the problems.
 
abela said:
The problem is NIS 2005. It slows down the computer and interferes
with Outlook. Uninstall it and get PC-cillin from Trend Micro. It
works much better and solves all the problems.
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NIS 2005 wil work just fine, provided it is uninstalled and reinstalled
without the email integration components.
 
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