Re: MSN Messenger & Firewalls on Win98

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From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:29:09 -0500

And how does this relate to Outlook Express?

Try posting to this MSN Messenger-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.msn.messenger 

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~PA Bear
Kingy75 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've recently installed MSN Messenger 6.1 on my PC and since the install,
> every time I sign in to MSN Messeigneurs Norton Personal Firewall 2002
> pops up with a warning that I'm "about to send my email address to xxxxx
> address, do I want to permit or block this action?". This message pops up
> between ten and fifteen times EVERY time I sign in to MSN Messenger and
> it does it randomly when I'm online and it is EXTREMELY annoying.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on how to stop this frustrating occurrence?
>
> Thanks,
> Kingy75

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