I have a brand new Dell PIV machine with McAfeee AntiVirus
pre-installed and currently up to date.
I have set up OE on this machine (all current Windows XP updates are
installed) for my email.
The ISP is Comcast and the POP3 server for their email, as directed by
their technical folks is, mail.comcast.net
No problem. All set up and sending and receivng email with no issues.
However, all of a sudden my email stopped.
I tracked it down to the fact that the POP3 server address had
mysteriously been changed from the one I just noted to, 127.0.0.1
There is no one else using this machine and I certainly didn't change
the server address to that value.I know that 127.0.0.1 is the loopback
address to my own machine.
So, I changed the server back to the correct setting. All worked well
for a 3-4 days and then, bang! It gets changed back to the 127.0.0.1
I have a few commercial game demos on the machine (you know the type;
you download from the company, play it for awhile and then decide if
you want to buy it).
Other then this, the only other software on this box is what was
supplied directly from Dell as part of my purchase.
This mysterious changing of the server address has happened three times
in the last 2 weeks.
I'm at a lose to explain it and, more importantly, how to stop it from
occuring.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

"omicron" wrote in message
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I have a brand new Dell PIV machine with McAfeee AntiVirus
pre-installed and currently up to date.
I have set up OE on this machine (all current Windows XP updates are
installed) for my email.
The ISP is Comcast and the POP3 server for their email, as directed by
their technical folks is, mail.comcast.net
No problem. All set up and sending and receivng email with no issues.
However, all of a sudden my email stopped.
I tracked it down to the fact that the POP3 server address had
mysteriously been changed from the one I just noted to, 127.0.0.1
There is no one else using this machine and I certainly didn't change
the server address to that value.I know that 127.0.0.1 is the loopback
address to my own machine.
So, I changed the server back to the correct setting. All worked well
for a 3-4 days and then, bang! It gets changed back to the 127.0.0.1
I have a few commercial game demos on the machine (you know the type;
you download from the company, play it for awhile and then decide if
you want to buy it).
Other then this, the only other software on this box is what was
supplied directly from Dell as part of my purchase.
This mysterious changing of the server address has happened three times
in the last 2 weeks.
I'm at a lose to explain it and, more importantly, how to stop it from
occuring.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.


McAfee is doing that.

This is usually caused by an anti-spam program or an 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/WM
Please reply in newsgroup.

I have the same thing with Comcast as my IP. My Dell slso came with McAfee
Spam Guard -That's the culprit! I simply disabled the spam guard & it fixed
my server info for good.

"omicron" wrote:

I have a brand new Dell PIV machine with McAfeee AntiVirus
pre-installed and currently up to date.
I have set up OE on this machine (all current Windows XP updates are
installed) for my email.
The ISP is Comcast and the POP3 server for their email, as directed by
their technical folks is, mail.comcast.net
No problem. All set up and sending and receivng email with no issues.
However, all of a sudden my email stopped.
I tracked it down to the fact that the POP3 server address had
mysteriously been changed from the one I just noted to, 127.0.0.1
There is no one else using this machine and I certainly didn't change
the server address to that value.I know that 127.0.0.1 is the loopback
address to my own machine.
So, I changed the server back to the correct setting. All worked well
for a 3-4 days and then, bang! It gets changed back to the 127.0.0.1
I have a few commercial game demos on the machine (you know the type;
you download from the company, play it for awhile and then decide if
you want to buy it).
Other then this, the only other software on this box is what was
supplied directly from Dell as part of my purchase.
This mysterious changing of the server address has happened three times
in the last 2 weeks.
I'm at a lose to explain it and, more importantly, how to stop it from
occuring.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.