Do yourself a favor and don't use anything from Norton or McAfee with
Outlook Express. They do not get along together. I use a router and the
Windows Firewall and Avast for an anti-virus.

I would suggest either Avast, (freeware), or NOD32, (not free).

In the case of Avast, choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.

Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and I don't
know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.

Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

NOD32:
http://www.eset.com/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


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Dear PA Bear,

I did follow your instructions and it did seem to work until I turned
back on my other security. After much testing I have figured out what
is sort of going on.

The problem is coming from Norton Firewall. The new patches have
trigger something that Norton Firewall does not like. When I turn off
the Norton firewall and use the regular windows firewall both Outlook
Express and IE7 work fine. Norton Firewall on they both fail.

I'm experimenting with the Firewall setting trying to figure out how
to get Norton to work.

Thanks for all of your help.