Re: Outlook Express Problem...
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/03/04
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:17:37 -0600
AFAIK it is not a bug in OE. It is because the message is corrupt to start
with. However, I have been known to be wrong.
What is your Windows version.
What is your OE version number? (Help | About - something like
6.00.2800.1123)
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ "Jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5ac601c40091$93631a60$a001280a@phx.gbl... > Frank, could you elaborate on the cause of the problem > that you gave the workaround to and what, if any, > solution there is to avoid having to use the workaround? > > I encounter this problem also, several times per week. OE > will just hang trying to retrieve a message. I also have > to use Browser access to the server to Delete the message > causing the problem. The message is inevitably SPAM with > a garbage Subject Line... I have to use Task Manager to > kill the msismn.exe (I think that's it... not a my home > machine right now) process and then when I restart OE > it'll retrieve the remaining messages. > > It's really pretty annoying to have to use the browser > based interface to delete these eMails and often they'll > be 200-500 eMails backed up that I then have to wait to > retrieve. Is this a known bug and is there a patch to OE > that addresses not being able to retrieve eMails with > funky Subject's? > > Thanks in advance, > Jon > >>-----Original Message----- >>If there is a Web interface to your mail server use that > to delete message >>8> Otherwise one of these: >>POP3 Scan Email (freeware): >>http://www.kempston.freeserve.co.uk/smb/ >>Magic Mail Monitor (freeware): >>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2576/magic.h > tml >>or >>http://www.vicnet.net.au/help/windows/magicmail/ >> >>-- >>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE >>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email >>http://www.fjsmjs.com >>Protect your PC >>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ >> >> >>"Brad" <ELWAYO7@MCHSI.COM> wrote in message >>news:NCQ0c.434165$I06.4906245@attbi_s01... >>> Hello, I have been using Outlook Express with my cable > internet for a >>> while >>> now and this is the 1st time I've had this problem. > It started out that I >>> went to check my e-mail, like normal, and the first 7 > messages loaded >>> fine, >>> then the 8th wouldn't and still won't load. It > says "Receiving mail...", >>> and the 8th message just won't go. It has happened > before, but then it >>> says, there has been a possible virus found, or > whatever, and I just >>> disable >>> the virusscan, get the mail, then enable it again, and > it works perfectly >>> fine. But, I tried that this time, and no luck. > Anybody else had a >>> problem >>> like this? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >> >>. >>
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