Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for some
reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3) to a dummy
address. I have to go in manually each time and change the incoming mail
server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6 e-mail accounts with
two different internet service providers. These settings will remain no
matter how many times I open and close Outlook Express until the next time I
turn the computer off. When I restart, the bogus IP address for the
incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It is the same bogus IP address for
both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses for the
incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The way I have
been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for some
reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3) to a
dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change the incoming
mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6 e-mail accounts
with two different internet service providers. These settings will remain
no matter how many times I open and close Outlook Express until the next
time I turn the computer off. When I restart, the bogus IP address for
the incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It is the same bogus IP
address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses for
the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The way I
have been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section of it
ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I have
been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just surfaced a
couple of days ago. I must have received a product update that created this
problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus software
serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still catch e-mails
and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for some
reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3) to a
dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change the
incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6
e-mail accounts with two different internet service providers. These
settings will remain no matter how many times I open and close Outlook
Express until the next time I turn the computer off. When I restart, the
bogus IP address for the incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It is
the same bogus IP address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses for
the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The way I
have been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section of
it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for mail via
a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1 is always the
address of your local machine, the one you are typing on) so that the AV's
"Proxy" server can filter out virus infected emails. Unfortunately OE does
not like the timing errors this can introduce and so it is a system that is
prone to causing major OE problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal real-time
protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of damaging OE goes
up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being saved
to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad emails first.
Always remember though that no AV system can stop a brand new virus that's
just been released so you remain your computer's best protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I
have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update that
created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus software
serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still catch e-mails
and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for some
reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3) to a
dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change the
incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6
e-mail accounts with two different internet service providers. These
settings will remain no matter how many times I open and close Outlook
Express until the next time I turn the computer off. When I restart,
the bogus IP address for the incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It
is the same bogus IP address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses for
the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The way I
have been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section of
it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

Thanks. I understand now. Much appreciated.


"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for mail
via a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1 is always
the address of your local machine, the one you are typing on) so that the
AV's "Proxy" server can filter out virus infected emails. Unfortunately OE
does not like the timing errors this can introduce and so it is a system
that is prone to causing major OE problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal real-time
protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of damaging OE goes
up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being
saved to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad emails
first. Always remember though that no AV system can stop a brand new virus
that's just been released so you remain your computer's best protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I
have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update
that created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus software
serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still catch e-mails
and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for some
reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3) to a
dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change the
incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6
e-mail accounts with two different internet service providers. These
settings will remain no matter how many times I open and close Outlook
Express until the next time I turn the computer off. When I restart,
the bogus IP address for the incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It
is the same bogus IP address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses for
the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The way
I have been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties.
Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section of
it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

Sadly, I have disabled the e-mail scanning and the spam filter and I am
still having the server setting reset to 127.0.0.1 every time I reboot. Any
suggestions regarding how I might rid my self of this malady would be most
appreciated. Thanks.


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:2KJ_g.1623$bb.9@trnddc03...
Thanks. I understand now. Much appreciated.


"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for mail
via a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1 is always
the address of your local machine, the one you are typing on) so that the
AV's "Proxy" server can filter out virus infected emails. Unfortunately
OE does not like the timing errors this can introduce and so it is a
system that is prone to causing major OE problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal
real-time protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of
damaging OE goes up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being
saved to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad
emails first. Always remember though that no AV system can stop a brand
new virus that's just been released so you remain your computer's best
protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I
have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update
that created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus software
serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still catch
e-mails and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for
some reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3)
to a dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change the
incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my 6
e-mail accounts with two different internet service providers. These
settings will remain no matter how many times I open and close Outlook
Express until the next time I turn the computer off. When I restart,
the bogus IP address for the incoming mail servers (POP3) are back.
It is the same bogus IP address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses
for the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them? The
way I have been doing it is to go into Tools-Accounts-Properties.
Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section
of it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

What programs are you using for your anti-virus and spam?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:xtb0h.18898$A27.14082@trnddc08...
Sadly, I have disabled the e-mail scanning and the spam filter and I am
still having the server setting reset to 127.0.0.1 every time I reboot.
Any suggestions regarding how I might rid my self of this malady would be
most appreciated. Thanks.


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:2KJ_g.1623$bb.9@trnddc03...
Thanks. I understand now. Much appreciated.


"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for mail
via a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1 is
always the address of your local machine, the one you are typing on) so
that the AV's "Proxy" server can filter out virus infected emails.
Unfortunately OE does not like the timing errors this can introduce and
so it is a system that is prone to causing major OE problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal
real-time protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of
damaging OE goes up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being
saved to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad
emails first. Always remember though that no AV system can stop a brand
new virus that's just been released so you remain your computer's best
protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I
have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update
that created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus software
serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still catch
e-mails and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for
some reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server (POP3)
to a dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and change
the incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct address for my
6 e-mail accounts with two different internet service providers.
These settings will remain no matter how many times I open and close
Outlook Express until the next time I turn the computer off. When I
restart, the bogus IP address for the incoming mail servers (POP3)
are back. It is the same bogus IP address for both internet service
providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses
for the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them?
The way I have been doing it is to go into
Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section
of it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:xtb0h.18898$A27.14082@trnddc08...
Sadly, I have disabled the e-mail scanning and the spam filter and I am
still having the server setting reset to 127.0.0.1 every time I reboot.
Any suggestions regarding how I might rid my self of this malady would be
most appreciated. Thanks.


Do you have a spam blocker software installed? If so remove it.

Remove McAfee altogether, via startsettingscontrol paneladd/remove
programs.
Install AVG Free from
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng...nti-virus-free
Choose 'custom' install, & disable the option to scan email.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

McAfee. It came pre-installed on my Dell. I have disabled "Scan e-mail and
attachments" and "SpamKiller." Is there another feature I need to disable?

Thanks.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What programs are you using for your anti-virus and spam?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:xtb0h.18898$A27.14082@trnddc08...
Sadly, I have disabled the e-mail scanning and the spam filter and I am
still having the server setting reset to 127.0.0.1 every time I reboot.
Any suggestions regarding how I might rid my self of this malady would be
most appreciated. Thanks.


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:2KJ_g.1623$bb.9@trnddc03...
Thanks. I understand now. Much appreciated.


"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for
mail via a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1 is
always the address of your local machine, the one you are typing on) so
that the AV's "Proxy" server can filter out virus infected emails.
Unfortunately OE does not like the timing errors this can introduce and
so it is a system that is prone to causing major OE problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal
real-time protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of
damaging OE goes up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being
saved to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad
emails first. Always remember though that no AV system can stop a brand
new virus that's just been released so you remain your computer's best
protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange. I
have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update
that created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus
software serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still
catch e-mails and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for
some reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server
(POP3) to a dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and
change the incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct
address for my 6 e-mail accounts with two different internet service
providers. These settings will remain no matter how many times I
open and close Outlook Express until the next time I turn the
computer off. When I restart, the bogus IP address for the incoming
mail servers (POP3) are back. It is the same bogus IP address for
both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses
for the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them?
The way I have been doing it is to go into
Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the section
of it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves no useful
purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

I would go with mac's suggestion.

I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
or:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww

When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail scanning when
you see the option.

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

"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:voc0h.10864$LA.6508@trnddc06...
McAfee. It came pre-installed on my Dell. I have disabled "Scan e-mail
and
attachments" and "SpamKiller." Is there another feature I need to
disable?

Thanks.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What programs are you using for your anti-virus and spam?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:xtb0h.18898$A27.14082@trnddc08...
Sadly, I have disabled the e-mail scanning and the spam filter and I am
still having the server setting reset to 127.0.0.1 every time I reboot.
Any suggestions regarding how I might rid my self of this malady would
be most appreciated. Thanks.


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:2KJ_g.1623$bb.9@trnddc03...
Thanks. I understand now. Much appreciated.


"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Yes it will as long as you have the real-time protection on.

What your AV is trying to do is redirect outlook express to ask for
mail via a small mail server program the AV has installed (127.0.0.1
is always the address of your local machine, the one you are typing
on) so that the AV's "Proxy" server can filter out virus infected
emails. Unfortunately OE does not like the timing errors this can
introduce and so it is a system that is prone to causing major OE
problems.

Your AV uses the same definitions for this as it does for normal
real-time protection, so the coverage is no greater but the risk of
damaging OE goes up considerably.

The real-time part will stop anything executing or perhaps even being
saved to disk that is dangerous although you will probably spot bad
emails first. Always remember though that no AV system can stop a
brand new virus that's just been released so you remain your
computer's best protection.

Charlie


"Sweeney" wrote in message
news:JrJ_g.1085$GJ.704@trnddc07...
Yes. 127.0.0.1. That is exactly it. Thank you so much. Strange.
I have been using McAfee for nearly a year now and this problem just
surfaced a couple of days ago. I must have received a product update
that created this problem.

Why do you say that the e-mail scan function of the anti-virus
software serves no useful purpose? Will my anti-virus program still
catch e-mails and attachments that contain viruses?

Thanks again.

" mac" wrote in message
...

"JEANNE Sweeney" wrote in message
news:BJI_g.1084$GJ.745@trnddc07...
Every time I shut down Windows XP and restart, Outlook Express for
some reason changes the IP address of the incoming mail server
(POP3) to a dummy address. I have to go in manually each time and
change the incoming mail server (POP3) address to the correct
address for my 6 e-mail accounts with two different internet
service providers. These settings will remain no matter how many
times I open and close Outlook Express until the next time I turn
the computer off. When I restart, the bogus IP address for the
incoming mail servers (POP3) are back. It is the same bogus IP
address for both internet service providers.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the true IP addresses
for the incoming mail servers (POP3) to stick when I change them?
The way I have been doing it is to go into
Tools-Accounts-Properties. Thanks.



127.0.0.1?
This is being caused by your anti virus software, disable the
section of it ONLY that scans incoming and outgoing mail, it serves
no useful purpose.
Spam filtering programs have been known to cause it also.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]