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**Brink** · 07-28-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by Mnooskie

Windows Mail is constantly stopping on me. If I close the program and
re-open, it typically works fine. However, there are many times when it won't
let me do something simple (like, say, moving an e-mail from one folder to
another). Sometimes shutting the program down and re-opening helps this
problem; sometimes not.

Anyone have an idea?

Mnooskie

Hi Mnooskie,

Make sure your antivirus program has all of it's email scanning options turned off. This is a redundant feature that can corrupt Windows Mail. Plus, you will still be protected by your antivirus's real-time resident monitoring protection. Norton and McAfee seem to be the worst offenders with Windows Mail problems even with email scanning off, while Avast or AVG has not had any problems reported so far.

Avast - http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff

Or

You could switch to Windows Live Mail. It is better and supports website email.

Windows Live Mail Beta

Hope this helps,
Shawn

07-28-2007	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,030 posts	Re: Windows Mail constantly stops working Quote: Originally Posted by Mnooskie Windows Mail is constantly stopping on me. If I close the program and re-open, it typically works fine. However, there are many times when it won't let me do something simple (like, say, moving an e-mail from one folder to another). Sometimes shutting the program down and re-opening helps this problem; sometimes not. Anyone have an idea? Mnooskie Hi Mnooskie, Make sure your antivirus program has all of it's email scanning options turned off. This is a redundant feature that can corrupt Windows Mail. Plus, you will still be protected by your antivirus's real-time resident monitoring protection. Norton and McAfee seem to be the worst offenders with Windows Mail problems even with email scanning off, while Avast or AVG has not had any problems reported so far. Avast - http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff Or You could switch to Windows Live Mail. It is better and supports website email. Windows Live Mail Beta Hope this helps, Shawn
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