Hello Peter, Friday, March 21, 2003, 7:47:49 AM, you wrote:
PP> Hello Mike, PP> On Friday, March 21, 2003 at 3:21:52 AM you [MA]wrote (at least in PP> part): BH>>> OK, I use AVG to scan incoming mail so that's easy to disable and BH>>> Outpost for the firewall. I think I'll try switching off Outpost to BH>>> start. I have to say that's given me no trouble up to now, I've been BH>>> running it for approx. 6 months. MA>> I've been using Outpost since last September with no problems using MA>> firstly Outlook Express, and then TB since November. I suspect that MA>> *isn't* your problem. PP> And people were/are using ZoneAlarm without any problem and still it PP> is one on other computers. Unless you've set up Barrys computer, and PP> it is in hardware and software (incl. patches, SP, and so on) PP> absolutely identical to yours _AND_ you and Barry are using the same PP> POP3-server you simply can't state Outpost can't be a problem. Period. PP> Barry: give deactivating every possible interfering application a try, PP> chances are high the problem is located there. That doesn't mean you PP> have to keep them deactivated 'til eternity, maybe the offending PP> application can be "fixed" by some settings, after knowing which one PP> it is. Thanks, Peter. Well, I was trying out the 'Whoeasy' plugin on Outpost so I decided to remove it as its evaluation time was almost up. Now then, fingers crossed, everything *seems* back to normal. Mind you, I don't really understand why it should have interfered as it's only a DNS lookup tool? We'll wait and see..... -- Best regards Barry Using TB version 1.62i ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html