"jimbo50" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:e02ecf49b3523990ba9152f9f065e756@xxxxxx-gateway.com...
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>
> Gary,
>
> I do not know that Norton has created the problem, from some of the
> few suggestions I have had, I deleted and re-installed cleanly hoping
> that it would clear the problem but it hasn't. On re-installing Norton
> through the Norton site I managed to get an upgrade to Norton V2 from my
> original version so in effect have a new version of 360. I have not had
> a problem in the past with Norton and have used it for 7-8 years without
> any problems, clearly though from some people there does seem to be the
> odd glitch sometimes.
>
> When I deleted Norton, the first time, I tried to run my mail account
> again without any AV, cleared my email accounts and re-entered them but
> the problem was still there.
Did you just delete the icon for it, or actually uninstall it? Did you then
run this cleanup program often required because Norton comes with
a rather poorly written uninstall program?
<http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039>
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> I have contacted Norton now and have told them of the suggestions to
> ditch their programme which I'm sure they wouldn't be happy about and
> await their reply.
They want your money enough to tell you to do something else instead,
regardless of whether whatever they tell you to actually works for more
than a short time.
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> I haven't used Windows Live Mail before, what effect if any will that
> have on e-mail settings, addresses etc?
>
> All suggestions gratefully accepted
>
>
> --
You can get more information on Windows Live Mail by asking in
the newsgroup where you're likely to find the highest percentage of
people who use it:
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop