Re: Can computer check email in sleep?

Doug Kanter wrote: 
> > > Are you automatically scanning email for viruses?
> > > Turn it off.  It only causes problems.
> >
> > What sorts of problems does it create?
> >
> Corruption of the OE dbx files
> Problems sending
> Problems downloading
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I haven't experienced this, after 4 years of using NAV. Is it more
prevalent with some AV software?

1. Just because email scanning hasn't affected you (yet) doesn't mean it's without risks: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

2. If you read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514, you'll see email scanning can be the cause of many OE problems.

3. Email scanning provides no additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

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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.
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http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

It'd be much more appropriate to discuss all of this in...

OE6-specific newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org 

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Missing E-Mails
    ... It provides no added protection. ... Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, ... are distributed as email attachments. ... make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Can send but not recieve messages!
    ... Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE times out. ... are distributed as email attachments. ... make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Weird problems
    ... Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus especially with Norton or McAfee. ... It provides no added protection. ... make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, ... >>> boxes and have not been changed (I can log into my ISPs mail site to ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: slow e-mail
    ... > Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses ... > that are distributed as email attachments. ... To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the ... > OE6-specific newsgroup: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: OE Sending mail PROBLEM
    ... Were you ever using Norton? ... Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. ... Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect ... make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
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