Windows Mail/Comcast Error Message

[VTrain]

The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.comcast.net', Server:
'mail.comcast.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

I've been timing out for months and since I primarily use my Crackberry, I
haven't been too concerned. Now, I'm annoyed and needing incoming and
outgoing emails on my computer more often than once every 10 times I open or
synchronize.

What's the deal?

 

[VTrain]

OK, It's my Antivirus software (Webroot). Is it safe to forego the email
attachments shield? This must be why I've spent two years not being able to
open attachments without saving them first.

Better late than never!!

 

[Gary VanderMolen \(MVP\)]

Neither attachments nor email bodies should be scanned by your
antivirus. Email scanning in any antivirus should be disabled, for
reasons explained here:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

The email scanning function is included in the AV product because all
the competitors include it, and it makes for another bullet on the box for
gullible buyers.

Even Symantec (Norton), the originator of the email scanning concept
admits that it is redundant and unnecessary:

"Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?
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."

The above paragraph is from http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

 

[spaiki]

Neither attachments nor email bodies should be scanned by your
antivirus. Email scanning in any antivirus should be disabled, for
reasons explained here:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

The email scanning function is included in the AV product because all
the competitors include it, and it makes for another bullet on the box for
gullible buyers.

Even Symantec (Norton), the originator of the email scanning concept
admits that it is redundant and unnecessary:

"Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?
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."

The above paragraph is from http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/vandermolen



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