Hi Angus, On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:13 +0100 (BST), you wrote: > > > I updated my AV software and the problem disappeared! Looking back, > > it may have started after the last AV update. > > Excellent, although I'm surprised anti-virus software is monitoring port > 25 for outgoing email, and worse corrupting it. > > What make?
I've got AdAware. I was a little surprised myself. I didn't even have email checking enabled. I have to say though, it was likely my fault. The previous update that caused the problem I had trouble installing and reinstalled 3 times. It didn't really need reinstalling. I just thought it did. > I've had AV software corrupt FTP transfers in the past, sometimes > accidentally, sometimes deliberately. > > The most annoying was my attempt to download a 6 gig Virtual Machine > image which my hardware firewall stopped at 4 gigs when it found a > development tool many AV packages consider a hacking tool. My FTP > application kept repeating the download for 12 hours until I stopped it > manually. I don't run into these things often. That leaves me rather clueless when I do. Thanks so much. This was very bothersome to me. Now I can forget it :) George -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
