Even the originator of the antivirus email scanning concept,
Symantec (Norton), admits that it is redundant, and not
necessary:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...rc=bar_sch_nam
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"vanilla" <vanilla@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23M%23jPOTYIHA.3400@xxxxxx
Quote:
> OK ... just saw answer to my question about 'is it only TM' ... no, it is several others also ... it is looking more and more
> like the best thing to do is to turn off e-mail scanning ... vanilla
>
>
> "vanilla" <vanilla@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:usi$QGTYIHA.536@xxxxxx Quote:
>> OK ... thanks ... I adopted Vista as soon as it was publicly available at the end of last January and have had to try several
>> different commercial firewall/antivirus packages to find the right fit for my particular Vista config. Over the last five
>> years, I have tried all of the major packages ... and during 2007 with Vista, I used four commercial and one free solution.
>>
>> I even considered going the 'no commercial package' route ... Vista firewall hardened in Advanced settings, Defender, local
>> group policy ... but I don't know enough to make the right decisions ... what the heck is a named pipe, anyway? (g) I am
>> working on that ... buying books, reading blogs, white papers, studying for exams, etc. ...
>>
>> So I really hope I will not have to go find something else to try yet again ... the replies: receiver address/default address
>> problem needs to be fixed, but I am a very patient person and will try troubleshooting/workarounds and putting up with _some_
>> problems while waiting for a solution ...
>>
>> I am wondering, is it just TM that is doing this or are there others, too? ... also, what about the advice NOT to use any
>> external filter hooks in WinMail ... I have read in more than one newsgroup/blog that says it really isn't necessary ...
>>
>> thanks ... vanilla
>>
>>
>> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:er0ZviPYIHA.4684@xxxxxx Quote:
>>>A recent version of the Trend antivirus program (details not available)
>>> causes assorted problems in Windows Mail. Watch to see if the
>>> problems get worse enough you need to change your antivirus program.
>>>
>>> "vanilla" <vanilla@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Oe9G5pMYIHA.4172@xxxxxx
>>>> That is interesting, as this is happening to me also. Each time I reply to an e-mail message, I have to check which account
>>>> is listed as "From" ... I had not noticed whether the "From" field is always set to the default account ... don't know about
>>>> the other poster but, yes, I am using a third-party spam filter that adds a toolbar in Windows Mail (Trend Micro Internet
>>>> Security.)
>>>>
>>>> I like the program and it is working well for me, so will just live with paying more attention ... but I _did_ wonder what
>>>> was going on ... thanks for info ... vanilla
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e7qlEsZXIHA.484@xxxxxx
>>>>> This problem only happens when something has corrupted or stripped
>>>>> the account information from the message you are replying to.
>>>>> Are you using any sort of third party anti-spam program?
>>>>> Which antivirus are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "strunz" <strunz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C34385A6-148B-49C6-B9D6-DCB4F4AFAF54@xxxxxx
>>>>>> hi,
>>>>>> i have different email accounts with different addresses. when i receive an
>>>>>> email and reply, then normally the 'sent to' (my) email address should be
>>>>>> automatically selected, shouldn't it? but it doesn`t, it is always my default
>>>>>> email address that is used for replies. result: if i am not cautios every
>>>>>> time when replying, i send my response with a different email address (my
>>>>>> default), which i might not use for this purpose, or which just simply
>>>>>> confuses the others. is there a setting which makes it possible to just
>>>>>> simply take the specific address, where the email has been sent to by any
>>>>>> other person?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>> >