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Old 08-03-2007   #7 (permalink)
Peter Foldes
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Re: can't receive email in win mail

salsera

It is caused by Norton. This can crop up at any time and it is like a time bomb. Uninstall Norton and install something like Avast which is free and will work very nicely with Windows Mail. Just remember that when installing any AV suite do not enable the email integration(email scanning)

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"salsera" <salsera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C780A41C-063A-4393-A768-2C3B820F2785@microsoft.com...
> i've had the same Norton since I got the computer and win mail. it all came
> together and i never had problems with it before, so i don't think it is the
> problem? could the problem be with my webserver?
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Windows Mail is not compatible with some antivirus programs.
>> Make sure you are not running a non-compatible antivirus program
>> like Norton or McAfee. Those should be uninstalled and replaced
>> with a compatible antivirus like the free version of Avast:
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> "salsera" <salsera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E23D1730-8A9E-4C27-AA5D-63D543E7EA38@microsoft.com...
>> > Never had this problem before. It will receive up to 2 messages and then just
>> > freeze up on the third. I don't get an error report, just says receiving
>> > mail....in the bottom right corner. help! It has been this way for days.

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