You should /never/ use e-mail scanning in Outlook Express if you value your
messages.

Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:

Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ion.mspx#EOAAC

And:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

And this is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.

From:
http://snipurl.com/bmf6

Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Nigel Muris" wrote in message
...
John,

Your question is a bit ambigous. You should check incoming mail for
viruses. You should check outgoing mail for viruses to stop them being
passed on.

Nigel

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Should I set up AVG to check incoming and outgoing emails?...I seem to
recall previous advice that this isn't necessary - but can't recall why?
Thanks.

As surprising and ironic as it may seem though, the most common cause of
Outlook Express corruption is not a virus, but rather anti-virus programs
that are configured to scan incoming or outgoing e-mail.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...orruption.mspx



"Nigel Muris" wrote in message
...

| John,
|
| Your question is a bit ambigous. You should check incoming mail for
viruses.
| You should check outgoing mail for viruses to stop them being passed on.
|
| Nigel
|
| "John Brown" wrote in message
| ...
| Should I set up AVG to check incoming and outgoing emails?...I seem to
| recall previous advice that this isn't necessary - but can't recall why?
| Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|

Horse hockey!

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Nigel Muris wrote:
Your question is a bit ambigous. You should check incoming mail for
viruses.
You should check outgoing mail for viruses to stop them being passed on.

Should I set up AVG to check incoming and outgoing emails?...I seem to
recall previous advice that this isn't necessary - but can't recall why?
Thanks.