oe6 won't save pop settings

i've had a problem lately where when i open oe6 it keeps saying that my
password is incorrect for the server.for some reason in my account settings
for my pop3 server,the address changes every time i restart my computer.this
is the error message i receive every time i re-open oe6.
There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'pop.dodo.com.au', Server: '127.0.0.1', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '-ERR Username or password is incorrect', Port: 110,
Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92.
each time i open oe6'i have to re-enter the pop address in account
properties.the settings seem not to be saved and when i turn the computer on
next it reverts to the same error response.
is this a virus scan issue.i know mcafee virus scan has been known to affect
oe6.any help would be fantastic.

"gypsyfreek" <gypsyfreek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FCD9B6D3-26A9-48E2-A2E0-4B7FB88E239C@microsoft.com
> i've had a problem lately where when i open oe6 it keeps saying that
> my password is incorrect for the server.for some reason in my account
> settings for my pop3 server,the address changes every time i restart
> my computer.this is the error message i receive every time i re-open
> oe6.
> There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
> rejected. Account: 'pop.dodo.com.au', Server: '127.0.0.1', Protocol:
> POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Username or password is incorrect',
> Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number:
> 0x800CCC92.
> each time i open oe6'i have to re-enter the pop address in account
> properties.the settings seem not to be saved and when i turn the
> computer on next it reverts to the same error response.
> is this a virus scan issue.i know mcafee virus scan has been known to
> affect oe6.any help would be fantastic.

Your anti-virus or anti-spam program is doing that.
Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. It provides no added
protection.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE
times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often virus)
attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:

"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."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...256c7500723cf0

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. 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."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...= bar_sch_nam

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/n...ntivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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