Outlook2002- account settings mysteriously change

[Shawn]

About 1-2 times a month my email settings mysteriously
change themselves. In particular, the "Incoming mail
server (POP3)", changes from it's correct setting to
localhost. The text from here is then placed at the end
of my "User Name". So, every so often it won't download
messages from this particular account and I have to go
into my email accounts and change it back. Any ideas on
how to stop this?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Shawn M.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The mystery can be solved by disabling the mail scanning in your AV.

--
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, Shawn asked:

| About 1-2 times a month my email settings mysteriously
| change themselves. In particular, the "Incoming mail
| server (POP3)", changes from it's correct setting to
| localhost. The text from here is then placed at the end
| of my "User Name". So, every so often it won't download
| messages from this particular account and I have to go
| into my email accounts and change it back. Any ideas on
| how to stop this?
|
| Thanks in advance for any assistance.
|
| Shawn M.

 

[shawn]

Won't I make myself more vulnerable by doing this?

Shawn

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, since when you open an attachment, the AV automatically scans it anyway.

--
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, shawn asked:

| Won't I make myself more vulnerable by doing this?
|
| Shawn
|
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| The mystery can be solved by disabling the mail scanning in your AV.
||
|| --
|| 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, Shawn asked:
||
||| About 1-2 times a month my email settings mysteriously
||| change themselves. In particular, the "Incoming mail
||| server (POP3)", changes from it's correct setting to
||| localhost. The text from here is then placed at the end
||| of my "User Name". So, every so often it won't download
||| messages from this particular account and I have to go
||| into my email accounts and change it back. Any ideas on
||| how to stop this?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance.
|||
||| Shawn M.
||
||
|| .