Re: MSIMN

From: Jim Pickering (jimp_at_mvps.0rg)
Date: 03/24/05


Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:43:07 -0800

Thanks for the feedback. SPAM programs are now running neck and neck with
antivirus programs and email scanning as the major causes of most problems
with Outlook Express. Glad you found the problem and fixed it.

-- 
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
Please reply to newsgroup only.
"Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:3FB3C35B-10BA-4A69-859B-8935ADA40B6D@microsoft.com...
>I checked other programs running in the background and found out my 
>Earthlink
> spam blocker wasn't working well with Norton Antivirus 2005. I uninstalled
> spam blocker and everything seems to be working. Thanks for the help Jim 
> and
> Steve.
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> What is the version number of Outlook Express as shown in the Help/About
>> screen for the program?  Do you have any other program running in the
>> background that could be making a call to the mail program?  Do you have 
>> a
>> fax program installed?  Is Outlook (in MS Office) also installed?
>>
>> Do you have your antivirus program set to scan incoming/and or outgoing
>> mail?  Try shutting down the antivirus program completely and see if that
>> fixes the problem even though you say removing email scanning has not
>> helped.
>>
>> Last, when you updated to SP2, was an antivirus program running in the
>> background?  If so, your install may be corrupted.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> Please reply to newsgroup only.
>>
>>
>> "Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9ECADEA5-32B1-491A-B3D1-3520D125FF18@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm not getting any notifications. I've also tried compacting all 
>> > folders
>> > and
>> > that doesn't seem to help.
>> >
>> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Are you getting any notification about compacting of your message 
>> >> store?
>> >> If
>> >> so, do you allow it to complete?  Try manually compacting your message
>> >> store
>> >> by using Outlook Express menu, File/Folder/Compact all folders and let 
>> >> it
>> >> run to completion without doing anything else.  See if that fixes your
>> >> problems.  It usually helps also if you click File/Work Offline first 
>> >> so
>> >> that the compacting will not be interrupted by a poll for incoming 
>> >> mail
>> >> messages which will cause an error in compacting.
>> >> -- 
>> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> >> Please reply to newsgroup only.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:A186EA2E-1CB9-40A4-8201-FB06D3D125E1@microsoft.com...
>> >> > MSIMN Is Still Running After I Quit Outlook Express and I can't open
>> >> > Outlook
>> >> > Express again unless I open Task Manager and end the MSIMN process.
>> >> > I'm using Norton Internet Security NOT McAfee. I've tried disableing
>> >> > email
>> >> > virus scanning and it doesn't seem to help. I'm running Windows XP 
>> >> > SP2.
>> >> > Can
>> >> > anyone help?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> 


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