Large messages

Every now and then, WLM seems to tie my CPU into a knot. Everything is
incredibly slow, sometimes for minutes. Screens don't repaint. Even bringing
up the Task Manager takes forever.

There is probably more than one thing, but it looks like messages with large
attachments cause trouble. In this case an Excel spreadsheet coming in
through hotmail that was around 3mb seemed to cause alot of problems until
it finally came all the way in.

Has anyone else observed this?

Make sure your antivirus isn't configured to scan email.
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:05AF5FC4-726A-4D98-ABB2-84CC1378A738@xxxxxx

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OVHXikEuIHA.4076@xxxxxx But isn't that the whole point of the anti-virus?

"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eT03AeGuIHA.4952@xxxxxx Hi there,

Visit the following site for some helpful information about scanning email;

http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

--
Sir_George

Did you bother to read the article at the URL link I included?

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eT03AeGuIHA.4952@xxxxxx

No..its redundant to the AV autoprotect mechanism on the resident AV and also if an isp provides scanning on incoming prior to
delivery to a local client or web UI Inbox.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eT03AeGuIHA.4952@xxxxxx

> No..its redundant to the AV autoprotect mechanism on the resident AV and Are you saying that hotmail does its own AV scanning?

Yes I did read it. The logic in the article is badly flawed.




"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, he's saying that any decent antivirus program is just as good at
detecting
viruses when they escape from the email, and this only takes a little longer
while avoiding the problems caused by email scanning.

A virus still in the email message doesn't cause problems.

Some, but not all, email providers perform an antivirus check on the
messages
before they deliver them to you, and usually refuse to pass on those which
contain viruses. This means you are less likely to get a virus you need to
detect.


"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uaWTkcIuIHA.748@xxxxxx

Jack,
Read for yourself....

http://get.live.com/mail/overview
Security by Microsoft
See at a glance if an e-mail seems to be suspicious
Destroy junk e-mail with a single click
Powerful virus scanning and cleaning


http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/...otect&_lang=EN

And for quite some time..
From a press release in 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...ade2004pr.mspx
"MSN remains committed to making MSN Hotmail one of the most protected free Web e-mail services in the world. The new advanced
anti-virus service announced today will automatically scan and clean e-mail messages and attachments without requiring action from
customers. This move builds on ongoing efforts to provide MSN consumers with comprehensive online protection."

Note: I did not say or suggest to discontinue use of a local AV client but that email scanning locally is redundant to protection
already provided by an isp or web source and by a local AV client.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Jack Gostl" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uaWTkcIuIHA.748@xxxxxx