Mail Anti-Virus,alt.comp.virus

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous.TakeThisOut@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jean wrote:
>
>> My AV application: Kaspersky Anti-Virus (6.0.2.6210)
>>
>> According to http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 e-mail scanning does
>> not provide any additional protection.
>
> There is an important piece of info on that page:
>
> "Because of the fragility of the OE message store structure and its
> propensity for destruction, ..."
>
> Have you considered a more robust email client? I'd recommend
> Thunderbird as the most common alternative product.
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Yes I heard about the 'fragility' of OE6 and am using now Windows Live Mail
(Version 2008), downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ba346005-45f6...14-a7dc

I like it because it lets me accessing multiple e-mail accounts in one place
and hope that this application is and improvement concerning 'fragility'.

>> Would it be safe/advisable to disable the Mail Anti-Virus function?
>
> Yes. As long as the anti-virus application is running in the background,
> it will prevent you from executing any > known viruses.

Thanks, I am going to disable this function right now.
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Jean wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Have you considered a more robust email client? I'd recommend
>> Thunderbird as the most common alternative product.
>> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>
> Yes I heard about the 'fragility' of OE6 and am using now Windows Live
> Mail (Version 2008), downloaded from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ba346005-45f6...14-a7dc
>
> I like it because it lets me accessing multiple e-mail accounts in one
> place

OE can do that. <g> So does Thunderbird.

> and hope that this application is and improvement concerning
> 'fragility'.

Thunderbird does it better.

>>> Would it be safe/advisable to disable the Mail Anti-Virus function?
>>
>> Yes. As long as the anti-virus application is running in the
>> background, it will prevent you from executing any known viruses.
>
> Thanks, I am going to disable this function right now.

Good deal.

--
-bts
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Jean wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>> Have you considered a more robust email client? I'd recommend
>>> Thunderbird as the most common alternative product.
>>> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>> Yes I heard about the 'fragility' of OE6 and am using now Windows Live
>> Mail (Version 2008), downloaded from
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ba346005-45f6...14-a7dc
>>
>> I like it because it lets me accessing multiple e-mail accounts in one
>> place
>
> OE can do that. <g> So does Thunderbird.
>
>> and hope that this application is and improvement concerning
>> 'fragility'.
>
> Thunderbird does it better.
>
>>>> Would it be safe/advisable to disable the Mail Anti-Virus function?
>>> Yes. As long as the anti-virus application is running in the
>>> background, it will prevent you from executing any known viruses.
>> Thanks, I am going to disable this function right now.
>
> Good deal.
>

How is this fragility in Outlook? I use Outlook as a PIM
and I'm really quite dependent upon it - and I love those
functions.

I do use Thunderbird for some other email accounts I have -
but my main one remains in Outlook.

Presently using Outlook 2003 - is there anything that should
be done to Outlook to help matters along? I do use NOD32
with the email option enabled, I use a good spam filter and
I'm careful. I know that none of this is anywhere near a
guarantee.

Louise
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"louise" wrote:

> How is this fragility in Outlook? I use Outlook as a PIM
> and I'm really quite dependent upon it - and I love those
> functions.

Outlook Express (OE), not Outlook. They are different applications.
I've not had a problem with OE's message store but then I don't
allow anything to mess with the incoming message stream.
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