Vista - Yet Another Cannot Send problem

If you do choose Symantec, imo, N360 is the only option. It is the only Symantec AV application designed for Vista, all the other are pre-vista code with patches to make compatible but not designed for.

Other fee based applications that work well in Vista are Kaspersky, Nod32, and BitDefender. The free versions suggested were AVG and Avast. Imo, Avast is the better choice and offers better support. Though free versions when tested with all possible infections do not perform to the same level of find and repair as the fee based versions.
Its's important to note that one's surfing and email habits play a large part in whether or not a fee or free version is necessary.

..winston

"Saigon''s Mom" <SaigonsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE82B8AA-7613-4C47-9054-051B24279EC7@microsoft.com...
: Bob,
: Thank you for your insights. I will, most likely, look into a different mail
: program. As for McAfee, disabling makes no difference and I'm hesitant to get
: too involved with it because I'll probably switch to Norton before the McAfee
: trial runs out. Interesting that even though I've supposedly disabled the
: scanning, it continues to scan.
: Windows provides the firewall, yes? I haven't seen any other names.
:
: "Bob J" wrote:
:
: > First I must state that I am not in anyway anti MS, and have been using Vista
: > for over 12mth, with a few minor problems, if read thru these MS groups you
: > will see that Windows Mail does appear to have a lot of problems.
: > A replacement for Windows Mail called Windows Live Mail is available, which
: > may be worth trying, it appears to operate better that WM.
: > Another alternative is Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail reader, both of
: > which I have used for several years, both with XP and now Vista.
: > What firewall are you running?
: > Doe McAfee indicate why you cannot disable E-Mail Scanner?
: > --
: > Regards
: > Bob J
: >
: >
: > "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
: >
: > > I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first the
: > > mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
: > > message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My server
: > > information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
: > > McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it "processes"
: > > each and every file.
: > >
: > > Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?

I have exactly the same problem. At first it worked fine, then after a few
days I had the problem I can't remember I changed things.
Oh yes I installed Adaware and uninstalled. My laptop is a Toshiba p200 with
vista and windows mail.
Did you try WMutil?

Kind regards
--
John


"Saigon''s Mom" wrote:

> I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first the
> mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
> message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My server
> information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
> McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it "processes"
> each and every file.
>
> Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?

"Jean Ludovicy" <jean.ludovicy@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
newsDB745BA-CAAE-45B7-AC40-B84B25AB6431@microsoft.com...
>I have exactly the same problem. At first it worked fine, then after a few
> days I had the problem I can't remember I changed things.
> Oh yes I installed Adaware and uninstalled. My laptop is a Toshiba p200
> with
> vista and windows mail.
> Did you try WMutil?
>
> Kind regards
> --
> John
>
>
> "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
>
>> I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first
>> the
>> mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
>> message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My
>> server
>> information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
>> McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it
>> "processes"
>> each and every file.
>>
>> Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?

Uninstall McAfee

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

I have had similar experience with Windows Mail, which I like when it works,
but there have been several periods of time when I could neither send or
receive messages and had to retrieve my mail from my server using a
password. I have had the problem "fixed" three times by a guru in India.
In view of so many complaints about the same problem, surely Microsoft must
know what is causing the problem. Has anyone seen any statement by Microsoft
on the subject? Incidentally, I am using Trend Micro anti-virus and Spy
Sweeper as advised when I bought my computer.

"Bethesda, MD"


"Saigon''s Mom" <SaigonsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1C31C5BB-62C3-435F-992B-2B5E74569F2B@microsoft.com...
>I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first the
> mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
> message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My
> server
> information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
> McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it "processes"
> each and every file.
>
> Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?

There have been claims by some that once the problem is 'fixed'
it does not repeat, but you and I know differently.

Microsoft has not made any statement about WM problems,
although in May, one of their project managers stated that WLM
was going to be a replacement for WM.

Have you looked into upgrading to WLM?
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

Gary VanderMolen

"MALTA" <bellgscott@verizon.net> wrote in message news:Ow5XwTw1HHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have had similar experience with Windows Mail, which I like when it works, but there have been several periods of time when I
>could neither send or receive messages and had to retrieve my mail from my server using a password. I have had the problem
>"fixed" three times by a guru in India. In view of so many complaints about the same problem, surely Microsoft must know what is
>causing the problem. Has anyone seen any statement by Microsoft on the subject? Incidentally, I am using Trend Micro anti-virus
>and Spy Sweeper as advised when I bought my computer.
>
> "Bethesda, MD"
>
>
> "Saigon''s Mom" <SaigonsMom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1C31C5BB-62C3-435F-992B-2B5E74569F2B@microsoft.com...
>>I bought the laptop with Vista and Microsoft mail a week ago. At first the
>> mail program worked fine, albeit slow. Now I cannot send email. No error
>> message appears; the mail just goes to the Outbox and stays there. My server
>> information is correct. (Pinetree Networks). I've tried to disable the
>> McCaffree virus scanner to no avail. Every time I open Mail it "processes"
>> each and every file.
>>
>> Not sure where to go from here. Any other suggestions?
>

"MALTA" <bellgscott@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Ow5XwTw1HHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have had similar experience with Windows Mail, which I like when it
>works, but there have been several periods of time when I could neither
>send or receive messages and had to retrieve my mail from my server using a
>password. I have had the problem "fixed" three times by a guru in India.
>In view of so many complaints about the same problem, surely Microsoft must
>know what is causing the problem. Has anyone seen any statement by
>Microsoft on the subject? Incidentally, I am using Trend Micro anti-virus
>and Spy Sweeper as advised when I bought my computer.


Assuming that the problem is a stuck message in the Outbox, try
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
Please read ALL of the instructions.

If that isn't it, please give us the entire error message.

Email scanning should be turned off in any anti-virus. Also exclude EML
files from the scan. It provides no
protection not provided by the regular resident protection.
Besides that, McAfee and Norton are not compatible with Windows Mail and
should be uninstalled.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.