Sunny
Wed May 07 16:03:33 PDT 2008
OK, thanks. WillCo.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
news:O0gTCHHsIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Lose the e-mail scanning. The paper clip is the least of your worries.
>
> Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:
>
> Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EOAAC
>
> And:
>
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>
> And this is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.
>
> From:
>
http://snipurl.com/bmf6
>
> Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email
> Scanning?
>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
> that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect
> scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email
> and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of
> this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,
> keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you
> have the most recent virus definitions.
>
> Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see
> that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center
> causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Sunny" <sunny@post.net> wrote in message
> news:2ElUj.165$Of.82@fe093.usenetserver.com...
>>I don't have "Read messages in plain text" selected but I do use AVG email
>>scanning, and I'll bet the latter is the culprit. However, I guess I'll
>>just have to live with the Paper-clips, because I want to keep the AVG
>>scanning. Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OVyL%23XGsIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "Sunny" <sunny@post.net> wrote in message
>>> news:K0lUj.50532$kl6.8877@fe103.usenetserver.com...
>>>> Whenever I receive an HTML email in my Inbox it has the Paper-clip
>>>> symbol in the Inbox listing even if the HTML email has no attachment.
>>>> What could be causing this?
>>>> I am using WinXP SP2, Home Edition and Outlook Express 6.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Tools | Options | Read
>>> turn off the option to read all messages in plain text.
>>> If you're using AVG turn off email scanning.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>>> Reply in Newsgroup, not by email.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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