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date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:19:01 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Re: my outgoing mail is marked as SPAM since the Service Pack 3 up
"Adnil" wrote in message
news:CAD86C12-495E-4659-B1AB-9DE780DB3F25@microsoft.com...
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> "Adnil" wrote:
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>> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
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>> > Neither OE or XP/SP3 has the capacity to do this. Check your AV and
>> > anti-spyware programs and Virgin.
>> >
>> > Make absolutely sure that you are not scanning e-mail, incoming or
>> > outgoing.
>> > --
>> >
>> > Bruce Hagen
>> > MS-MVP Outlook Express
>> > Imperial Beach, CA
>> >
>> >
>> > "Adnil" wrote in message
>> > news:0B071B8C-2720-47B9-A443-C1DED679E7A6@microsoft.com...
>> > > Most of my outgoing mail on my virgin.net account is being tagged as
>> > > SPAM
>> > > when I send it through Outlook Express. This means that most of my
>> > > mail
>> > > never gets through, and the rest often gets deleted. It started
>> > > happening
>> > > immediately after the servcie pack 3 upgrade. Can anyone help me to
>> > > fix
>> > > this?
>> >
>> > Thanks for this - Virgin told me it was Microsoft's fault!! I will
>> > look at McAfee. Many thanks
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> OK I looked at MacAfee and the email scan was on. I switched it off and
> tried again, but the emails still do not get through to recipients. How
> can
> you have an antivirus without having an enabled scan ? Anyway, I tried
> everything I could and it is still not getting through. I sent an email
> to
> myself from another account and it sad that my virgin server was blocked.
> Virgin says it has something to do with the SP3 upgrade - that it was
> released too early. I am not really concerned with whose fault it is, I
> just
> want my emails to get through. Has anyone got another suggestion?
Virgin is full of it. Nothing from MS is marking your mail as spam.
Do you have PCGuard from Virgin?
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/pcguard.html
As far as e-mail scanning, you may have to remove McAfee and reinstall in
custom mode, opting out of e-mail scanning when you see the choice. Often
just disabling it is not enough.
Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.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
date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:38:34 -0700
author: Bruce Hagen lid
Re: my outgoing mail is marked as SPAM since the Service Pack 3 up
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:45:01 -0700, Adnil wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Adnil wrote:
>>> Most of my outgoing mail on my virgin.net account is being tagged as SPAM
>>> when I send it through Outlook Express. This means that most of my mail
>>> never gets through, and the rest often gets deleted. It started happening
>>> immediately after the servcie pack 3 upgrade. Can anyone help me to fix
>>> this?
>
>> Neither OE nor WinXP SP3 is responsible for this behavior.
>>
>> Tip: Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
>> additional protection and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
>>
>> <QP>
>> 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.
>> </QP>
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
> Thank you for this advice but I do not have Norton on my machine - does
> your advice apply equally to MacAfee?
McAfee is as bad as Norton.
> MacAfee make s abig fuss if I disable email scanning and I am loathe to do
> this if it leaves my vulnerable to viruses.
Not scanning email, inbound, or outbound, will not leave your computer
vulnerable to viruses. I have installed AVG on one computer (but it is
becoming bloatware), and Avast on another. In each case, I selected "Custom
Install" during the install routine, and selected to not have the program
scan email for viruses. The memory resident, "on-access" scanner is all that
you need. I tell people who worry about it to try sending themselves a copy
of the "EICAR" file, and see how their AV reacts without email scanning
active.
There used to be a web site where you could request an email with the EICAR
file attached. I can't seem to locate it; but here is a search link on
EICAR.
| http://ws.copernic.com/copern/ws/results/0/eicar%20test/1/417/topnavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true
> What is Live Update? If I have to run it manually, how can I know that a
> new virus hasn't appeared in the time between the last update?
Live Update is related to Norton products. If you don't have any Norton
products, you shouldn't have Live Update.
> If I knew more about computers, I wouldn't worry. thanks for your help
As long as you have a memory resident, on-access AV scanner, which most AV
products provide, you don't need, and should never install, an email
scanner.
--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:48:36 -0700
author: N. Miller
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