Thanks, excellent advice. I turned off E-mail checking now and I can again
Receive E-mails. Thanks again.
"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:33:37 -0400, Ritter 197 wrote:
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>> This is the message I get for Receiving messages in WLM with windowsXP.
>> Sending works ok. Comcast says the settings are all correct.
>>
>> Unable to send or receive messages for the Comcast (Ritter197) account.
>> Your
>> server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
>> this
>> include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
>> inactivity.
>>
>> Server: 'mail.comcast.net'
>> Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F
>> Protocol: POP3
>> Port: 110
>> Secure(SSL): No
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> This is sometimes an issue with anti virus scanning of email. When email
> scanning is active, the AV program has to relay the POP3 transaction
> between
> the server and the client. A whole slew of problems can interfere with
> that
> POP3 transaction, causing either server, or client, to think that the
> connection is failing, and to abort that connection.
>
> The advice is to turn off email scanning. It is redundant to the memory
> resident AV scanner, which *will* alert if you try to manipulate an
> infected
> file, even if just to save it to the disk. In fact, completely uninstall
> the
> AV program, and reinstall it, selecting "Custom Install" when you do. In
> the
> "Custom" menu, uncheck the email scanning module; don't even allow it to
> be
> installed. I do that on every computer I administer (and none have been
> infected by receipt of infected email).
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum | |
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