Re: OE Error # 0x800CCCOF

<wildly shakes head back and forth> Huh?  Come again?
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~PA Bear

webster72n wrote: 
PA Bear:

That's simple enough, but Avast has specifically OE mail and others.
Since I don't have a problem with my other emails, it should suffice to
just disable OE, shouldn't it?
I thought I'd try this for a while and see what happens.
Thanks for your assistance.

Harry.


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL
> and OE http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514
> > Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
> additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
> > <paste>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
> that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus
> Auto-Protect scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive,
> including email and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another
> layer on top of this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the
> maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate
> regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus definitions.
> </paste>
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security
> > webster72n wrote:
> > I am receiving the following error message, which I can temporarily
> > remove by doing maintenance scan and defrag, but only for a few days:
> > "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
> > causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long
> > period of inactivity.
> > Account: (my account), Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No
> > Socket error: 10054, Error Number: 0x800CCCOF."
> > > > I have checked with the ISP and they supposedly are not at fault.
> > What specifically might be causing this behavior?
> > > > Harry. 
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