Turn off e-mail scanning. This is usually what changes the settings. Your
A/V will still protect you.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"H Stevens" <HStevens@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49FB690B-C7AE-416F-85E8-4F11E8741F9F@microsoft.com...
> I've added a Gmail account to OE. It worked. I restarted my computer.
> The
> Gmail account no longer worked because: the incoming (POP3) server was
> changed to 127.0.0.1 and the incoming port was changed to 110. Changing
> these back to pop.gmail.com and 995 allows the Gmail account to work
> again.
>
> However, every time I restart my computer, those two settings are changed
> back again to 127... and 110. That's every time - it's consistent. Only
> when I restart my computer - not when OE is restarted. I've deleted and
> recreated the account and the situation remains the same - those two
> settings
> get changed.
>
> No other email account is affected by this.
>
> Help? Thanks.