Re: Receiving Mail Stalled

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PA Bear:

I got around this whole thing by using SR.
Things are back to fairly normal now.
Thanks.

Harry.


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eOLy9KLNFHA.688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Your current Identity may have been damaged by the AV app, especially if
its
> the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new
Named
> Identity (File>Identities>Add new identity). Assuming all is well, import
> messages from the old Identity before deleting it (File>Identities>Manage
> Identities).
>
> To avoid such corruption in future:
>
> Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
> compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
>
> Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security
>
> Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx
>
>
> webster72n wrote:
> > Bruce:
> >
> > I did exactly that and nothing changed.
> > My NG's get updated, but my inbox repeats the last received e-mail on
> > March
> > 28. The newer mail is on my server's mailsite, but for some reason
doesn't
> > get transferred to OE. Isn't that an indication of something being wrong
> > at the server's end?
> > Yet they keep telling me that nothing is wrong there.
> > What should my approach be?
> >
> > Harry.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:e1ePmkKNFHA.3560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Turn off e-mail scanning. Your a/v still protects you.
> > > --
> > > Bruce Hagen
> > > MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
> > > ~IB-CA~
> > >
> > > "webster72n" <hbethke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:u%23Ge0hKNFHA.3380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Outlook Express opens up, connects, authorizes and
> > > > receives mail,
> > > > but then stalls with the error message that the server has
> > > > terminated the
> > > > connection (error# 0x800CCC0F), which is not true.
> > > > The problem lies in a faulty individual OE setup.
> > > > My question is, what is causing this error message?.
> > > > BTW I was able to send an email, therefore the trouble
> > > > must be with the
> > > > incoming server setup.
> > > >
> > > > Harry.
>


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