Re: Incoming Mail Server Resetting Itself

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 06:32:36 -0700

xe77 wrote:

> This might be caused by spyware or a virus that has
> possilby setup a local e-mail redirector to infect e-mails
> or send spam.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Each time I close Outlook Express the Incoming Mail Server
>>gets reset to localhost. I've checked the permissions on
>>the .dbx files and none of them are read only. I have
>>also renamed Folders.dbx so a new one would be created.
>>Neither of these things worked. The setting for the
>>Incomig Mail Server does show up behind the Account name -
>><account>/<Incoming Mail Server>. Can anyone tell me how
>>to get the Incoming Mail Server to keep its entry?
>>THANK YOU,
>>Corley
>>.
>>
Additionally, after you have scanned with a recent, full-featured
antivirus using absolutely up-to-date virus definitions, do this:

Set XP's Search to use Advanced features and look in hidden files.
Search for "hosts" - without the quotes. Double-click each file you
find. You'll get the Windows dialog box asking how to open the file.
Choose "pick from a list" and pick Notepad, making sure the checkbox to
always use this program to open this type of file is *not* checked.
Look carefully at each hosts file (including the lmhosts file). You
should *only* have this entry in it:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Be sure to scroll all the way down the file's window to the bottom if
there is a scrollbar. If there are other entries, delete them and Save.
Do this for each hosts and lmhosts file you found.

Mlake 

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