Att: Frank Saunders MVP

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Peter

As I am also entitled to my opinion. And that link that you posted has nothing to do with the MANY different types of issues that is created with McAfee still to this day. The OE store (dbx files) are very fragile and Steve's utility is extremely helpful even in the case when these files get corrupted by (as an example) when an OP or OE is doing compacting and he\she is multi tasking at the same time. Just one of many when the dbx extract comes in handy.
 
That's the first I've read of the tool you mentioned. I was just posting in
reaction to the blanket statement that McAfee (& Norton) break Windows Mail
and Outlook Express...full stop, as if it's guaranteed with no exceptions.
I've been using McAfee for years and never had email problems, mind you I
can accept others have had problems, but it's not a universal ball breaker
as he stated.
Peter M

Peter

As I am also entitled to my opinion. And that link that you posted has
nothing to do with the MANY different types of issues that is created with
McAfee still to this day. The OE store (dbx files) are very fragile and
Steve's utility is extremely helpful even in the case when these files get
corrupted by (as an example) when an OP or OE is doing compacting and he\she
is multi tasking at the same time. Just one of many when the dbx extract
comes in handy.
 
That's the first I've read of the tool you mentioned. I was just posting
in reaction to the blanket statement that McAfee (& Norton) break Windows
Mail and Outlook Express...full stop, as if it's guaranteed with no
exceptions.
I've been using McAfee for years and never had email problems, mind you I
can accept others have had problems, but it's not a universal ball breaker
as he stated.
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If there is even the slightest chance that McAfee is might break
Windows Mail it is wise to get rid of it as soon as possible,
and even if there wasn't there's still good reason to do so,
since there are perfectly adequate FREE alternatives such as
Avast and AVG.
 
Well, considering just about anything has "the slightest chance" of breaking
Windows Mail (expecially WM in my experience - can't wait for the RTM Live
Mail) and/or OE then one might as well go back to living in caves.

Peter
 
"Peter" wrote...
Well, considering just about anything has "the slightest chance" of
breaking Windows Mail (expecially WM in my experience - can't wait for the
RTM Live Mail) and/or OE then one might as well go back to living in
caves.
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Avoiding the pointlessness of paid for software, noted.
 
Peter said:
Frank, this is just an FYI as I realise you are entitled to your opinion, but your statement that McAfee is incompatible with OE
is a bit stale dated so to speak. That was "cured" about 6 versions ago - i.e. years.

http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?docid=60743&CategoryId=84540
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A self-serving statement by McAfee. Good to see, though, that at least they will admit
that their older versions were incompatible with OE. Doesn't that fact give you a
tiny doubt about McAfee's ability to stay compatible?

I know quite a few people whose OE data store was corrupted by more recent
versions of McAfee antivirus.
 
That's a telling comment.
But I wouldn't use it if *they* paid *me* to use it.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Gary VanderMolen said:
That's a telling comment.
But I wouldn't use it if *they* paid *me* to use it.
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Another telling comment was that people would have to wait until 2008
for a version that wouldn't gobble resources.
 
Peter said:
Frank, this is just an FYI as I realise you are entitled to your opinion,
but your statement that McAfee is incompatible with OE is a bit stale
dated so to speak. That was "cured" about 6 versions ago - i.e. years.

http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?docid=60743&CategoryId=84540

Peter
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McAfee has been causing trouble for mail programs as long as I've been in
newsgroups. It still is.
And contrary to the article, DBXtract is no longer free. Steve just had way
to many request to keep financing free distribution. Besides DBXpress is
better.
 
Frank, that document is years old - we dug it out of the archives.
I hear you. Once bitten, twice shy. I agree some people have problems with
both McAfee and Norton but often we find that the problems have been
self-created. I always tell people to turn off email scanning, the trouble
is that the interface then nags about being misconfigured. We the MODs have
asked for changes but they don't listen.

Peter
 
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Frank, that document is years old - we dug it out of the archives.
I hear you. Once bitten, twice shy. I agree some people have problems
with both McAfee and Norton but often we find that the problems have been
self-created. I always tell people to turn off email scanning, the
trouble is that the interface then nags about being misconfigured. We the
MODs have asked for changes but they don't listen.
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Another good reason to swerve Norton products.
 
..
Frank, that document is years old - we dug it out of the archives.
I hear you. Once bitten, twice shy. I agree some people have problems
with both McAfee and Norton but often we find that the problems have been
self-created. I always tell people to turn off email scanning, the
trouble is that the interface then nags about being misconfigured. We the
MODs have asked for changes but they don't listen.
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Another good reason to swerve Norton or McAfee products.
 
None of the others are that perfect either, having tried them all several
times. Every application has its own particular quirks.
I run a triple boot sytem - 2 x XP Pro SP2 and 1 x Vista Ultimate, and one
of those boots is where I test everything.
Peter
 
"Peter" ...
None of the others are that perfect either, having tried them all several
times. Every application has its own particular quirks.
I run a triple boot sytem - 2 x XP Pro SP2 and 1 x Vista Ultimate, and one
of those boots is where I test everything.
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One can be a little more tolerant of "quirks" with *free* products
such as the robust and Vista compatible Avast and ABG which are
perfectly adequate for the vast majority of home users.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0
 
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