Re: incoming server 127.0.0.11

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:13:52 -0700


>-----Original Message-----
>"tonyv" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:5a9e01c42d61$dbb9c8c0$a301280a@phx.gbl
>> I think I have found an answer to the pop3 incoming
>> server always changing to 127.0.0.11 that has been
>> upsetting many. I heard of the 3rd party antivirus
email
>> scanning program to be the blame. Maybe true, BUT in my
>> case it was my 3rd party spam killer program causing
>> this. It is just the way it works. I'm using McAfee
>> Spamkiller 5.
>> McAfee Spamkiller users, goto,
>>
>> http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq.asp?
>> framed=1&docid=277953&CategoryId=61313&chat=
>>
>> Hope this helps someone. :)
>> T.
>
>Does it change to 127.0.0.11 or 127.0.0.1?
>It's your anti-virus doing that. Turn off email
scanning in your
>anti-virus. It provides no added protection.
>Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving,
sometimes enough that OE
>times out. Since some of the received messages have
large (often virus)
>attachments, which exasperates the problem.
>Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally
uninstall Norton and
>switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton
invented email
>scanning and here's what they say:
>>From
>http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/df0a59586459
4c86852567ac0063608c/65434372961d321d8825687f000003f8?
OpenDocument&src=tr&Highlight=0,email,protection
>
>"Disabling email protection does not leave you
vulnerable to viruses and
>malicious software in email. It is a separate layer of
protection in
>addition to Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect scans any
incoming files, including
>email, as they are saved to your hard drive. As long as
you keep your virus
>definitions up to date with LiveUpdate, and keep Auto-
Protect enabled and
>set to scan files as they are created or downloaded,
your system is fully
>protected."
>
>See also
>http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/norton_antivirus.shtml
>and
>http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/pfdocs/19990
92910223606?Open
>and
>http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/200002
0716064206&src=w
>So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The
newer stuff doesn't
>have the statement included as it was considered an
embarrassment. If you
>know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to
talk about it.
>
>--
>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/
>
>
>.Go here and see for your self.

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