Saigon''s Mom

Thank you Peter,
This has been very enlightening. A lot of good advice from smart people.
Much appreciated!


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Norton is just as bad if not worse than MacAfee. These 2 AV suites you should stay away from
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> Peter
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> "Saigon''s Mom" <SaigonsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE82B8AA-7613-4C47-9054-051B24279EC7@microsoft.com...
> > Bob,
> > Thank you for your insights. I will, most likely, look into a different mail
> > program. As for McAfee, disabling makes no difference and I'm hesitant to get
> > too involved with it because I'll probably switch to Norton before the McAfee
> > trial runs out. Interesting that even though I've supposedly disabled the
> > scanning, it continues to scan.
> > Windows provides the firewall, yes? I haven't seen any other names.
> >
> > "Bob J" wrote:
> >
> >> First I must state that I am not in anyway anti MS, and have been using Vista
> >> for over 12mth, with a few minor problems, if read thru these MS groups you
> >> will see that Windows Mail does appear to have a lot of problems.
> >> A replacement for Windows Mail called Windows Live Mail is available, which
> >> may be worth trying, it appears to operate better that WM.
> >> Another alternative is Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail reader, both of
> >> which I have used for several years, both with XP and now Vista.
> >> What firewall are you running?
> >> Doe McAfee indicate why you cannot disable E-Mail Scanner?
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >> Bob J
> >>
> >>
> >> "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first the
> >> > mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
> >> > message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My server
> >> > information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
> >> > McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it "processes"
> >> > each and every file.
> >> >
> >> > Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?
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