POP3 Server

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Sdruws said:
Recently I noted that my pop3 server name in my e-mail addresses has
been changed by 127.0.0.1.
Is there any bad reason for that, which happens beyond my control ?
How can I correct this ?
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This would happen if you are running a proxy server, perhaps for
antispam checking. Check in your antivirus/antispyware programs for
settings. Otherwise, you won't be able to get your mail. 127.0.0.1 is
localhost (your computer).

Malke
 
Recently I noted that my pop3 server name in my e-mail addresses has been
changed by 127.0.0.1.
Is there any bad reason for that, which happens beyond my control ?
How can I correct this ?
 
Because your time or time zone is set incorrectly. ;-)

Since you're running Outlook Express, see...

#10 Why does my mail server keep changing to 127.0.0.1 or localhost?
Top ten countdown in Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx

Then see why you want to turn off E-mail scanning...

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

Messages in Inbox or other mail folders disappear
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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I use McAfee Suite. As you suggested, in the Scanvirus/Options, I unchecked
the box Scan e-mail and attachments.
However I have a doubt and ask you to clarify : By unchecking this box, do I
get unprotected against virus by mails and attachments ?????
 
You are still protected. E-mail scanning is just an extra layer on top of
what is already running.

[[...let me explain why e-mail scanning is unnecessary. Almost every
anti-virus program for Windows installs by default a system scan that runs
in the background every time Windows starts. This scan is necessary to
protect your computer. If you receive a virus in an e-mail attachment, the
virus cannot do anything at all until you actually open the attachment. At
that time Outlook Express extracts the attachment from the message and saves
it to the Temporary Internet Files folder on your hard disk and attempts to
open the file. And it is precisely at that moment that a background system
scan will detect the virus, provided it is able to do so, and stop the virus
from executing. The system scan will usually delete the infected file from
the Temporary Internet Files folder, or else move it to quarantine.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EOAAC

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Much appreciated ur explanation.

Matter new to me, at least with such details.

Thanks.
 
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