Doug Kanter wrote:
> > > > Are you automatically scanning email for viruses?
> > > > Turn it off. It only causes problems.
> > >
> > > What sorts of problems does it create?
> > >
> > Corruption of the OE dbx files
> > Problems sending
> > Problems downloading
> > --
> I haven't experienced this, after 4 years of using NAV. Is it more
> prevalent with some AV software?

1. Just because email scanning hasn't affected you (yet) doesn't mean it's
without risks:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

2. If you read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813514, you'll see email
scanning can be the cause of many OE problems.

3. Email scanning 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...02111812533106

It'd be much more appropriate to discuss all of this in...

OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org