How did you install OE? It was already on your machine.

What happens when you try to send an e-mail with an attachment? Any error
message?

Define: I can only access emails for 30 seconds after I received them. What
happens to them?

Very important:

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the program
and reinstall in Custom Mode and opt out of e-mail scanning when the option
arises.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Benjamin Lousack" wrote in message
...
I installed OE yesterday. I tried sending an email without attaching a
file, and it worked. I tried to attach a file to an email, and it didn't
let me send the email. When I receive emails, it skips emails with files
attached. I can only access emails for 30 seconds after I received them.
How can I fix it?

I installed OE yesterday. I tried sending an email without attaching a file,
and it worked. I tried to attach a file to an email, and it didn't let me
send the email. When I receive emails, it skips emails with files attached.
I can only access emails for 30 seconds after I received them. How can I fix
it?

"Benjamin Lousack" wrote in message
...
I installed OE yesterday. I tried sending an email without attaching a
file, and it worked. I tried to attach a file to an email, and it didn't
let me send the email. When I receive emails, it skips emails with files
attached. I can only access emails for 30 seconds after I received them.
How can I fix it?


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
Outlook Express and should be uninstalled. The latest version of Trend's
anti-virus seems to be causing problems too.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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