I do not have any e-mail scanner just normal anti virus on my computer so
what else can it be. Ken
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
"Percy" wrote in message

I have now started to get the following error message when I try to
send e-mail, Error 0x800ccc0E. Can anyone tell mee what it is and
how to get it sorted. I can send to newsgroups but not mail.

Thanks

Percy

This is usually caused by an anti-spam program or and anti-virus set to
scan email.

Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. It provides no added
protection. After doing so it may be necessary to reset the server
names in OE.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that
OE times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often
virus) attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton
and switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented
email scanning and here's what they say:

"Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against
viruses
that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect
scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email
and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this.
To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you
have
the most recent virus definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...256c7500723cf0

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files
are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one
of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer
is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by
NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including
email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. To make sure that
Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect
enabled
and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent
virus
definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...= bar_sch_nam

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/n...ntivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff
doesn't have the statement included as it was considered an
embarrassment. If you know anyone who programs for Norton try to get
them to talk about it.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
"Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither."