No, the mail scanning is a purely marketing tool. Whenever you open a mail
message, your AV automatically scans it as it does any file that you open.
The scanning of incoming and outgoing mail is needless redundancy if you
have AV installed and set to real-time scanning.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After furious head scratching, Paul asked:
| Dear Milly,
|
| Thank you for your reply. My question is: IF we turn off the mail
| scanner, then aren't we much more susceptible to mail viruses? Are
| there alternate things we can do to protect ourselves from viruses?
| Thank you.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Your AV or firewall is doing it. Turn off the mail scanner.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
|| (e-mail address removed) asked:
||
||| Every time I start my PC, then start Outlook 2003, the pop3 server
||| is listed as "localhost" and I need to change it back to the right
||| name and remove the name which was appended to my acount name.
