Re: Error Message
- From: "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:29:30 -0800
E-mail scanning does not stop spam. Message rules or spam programs do.
Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EOAAC
And this is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.
From:
http://snipurl.com/bmf6
Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?
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.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Goldilocks" <Goldilocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:205382B8-F56B-46A1-9634-7AD2F619EDDA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Bruce. I did the first steps, sent a test e-mail, and it went out
fine. Did some more internet stuff, sent another e-mail in reply to one sent
to me, and got the same error message again. So then I went back to the
compacting instructions. I have not to this point turned off the e-mail
scanning in my Trend Micro Internet Security program, because as far as I
know, it is the only way to protect me from spam, which I do not want. Do you
have any further suggestions to get rid of spam if I turn off that aspect of
Trend?
Thank you for your help.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Please include all previous messages in your replies.
You didn't follow the fix entirely if you didn't create a new Outbox. The
dbx files are hidden. Here it is spelled out.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Outbox.dbx}
and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Goldilocks" <Goldilocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:215B3C26-8B92-4461-9205-E3D25EB67637@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> These are the same "fixes" I had already printed out from the previous
> question regarding this same issue. I do not have duplicate mail > accounts.
> If
> I do the start, find, search and type in outbox.dbx there is no file
> found.
> So I can't delete that either. I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear that > I
> had
> already followed that fix entirely to no avail. There is something else
> missing.
>
>
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