OE "stuck" trying to receive new mail

I've recently had a recurring problem with receiving
new messages from some suspicious sites. OE tells me it is
trying to receive new mail and seems to get "stuck" in the
process. I've waiting for long periods of time, but it
never arrives and it prevents other messages from being
received.
I have an alternate way to look at new mail that
does not involve OE and can see the message trying to
unload. They are from sites I don't recognize and see to
have suspicious subjects. ALL of them are 41k in size. I
can delete them from the other e-mail system and then OE
will handle my normal mail that is behind the "stuck"
message. How can I get OE "unstuck" from trying to handle
these suspicious messages so I can delete them without
leaving OE?

Wayne

Is your anti-virus set up to scan incoming mail? If it is and it does =
not prompt user action then this could cause a delay each time it =
encounters a 41 kb virus bearing message. You could test by changing the =
setting so that it requires a user response.

An alternative is to disable scanning of incoming and outgoing mail. =
Then create a message rule to apply "Where the message size is more than =
size" and set it at something under 41 kb so that it moves such messages =
to a folder you create for that purpose. Don't forget to include "Stop =
processing more Rules". You can then check the folder at intervals and =
Shift Delete those messages you do not want.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Wayne" wrote in message =
...
I've recently had a recurring problem with receiving=20
new messages from some suspicious sites. OE tells me it is=20
trying to receive new mail and seems to get "stuck" in the=20
process. I've waiting for long periods of time, but it=20
never arrives and it prevents other messages from being=20
received.=20
I have an alternate way to look at new mail that=20
does not involve OE and can see the message trying to=20
unload. They are from sites I don't recognize and see to=20
have suspicious subjects. ALL of them are 41k in size. I=20
can delete them from the other e-mail system and then OE=20
will handle my normal mail that is behind the "stuck"=20
message. How can I get OE "unstuck" from trying to handle=20
these suspicious messages so I can delete them without=20
leaving OE?

Thank you Gerry, Sounds like you've given good counsel.
I'll try your suggesitons
Wayne

-----Original Message-----
Wayne

Is your anti-virus set up to scan incoming mail? If it is
and it does not prompt user action then this could cause a
delay each time it encounters a 41 kb virus bearing
message. You could test by changing the setting so that it
requires a user response.

An alternative is to disable scanning of incoming and
outgoing mail. Then create a message rule to apply "Where
the message size is more than size" and set it at
something under 41 kb so that it moves such messages to a
folder you create for that purpose. Don't forget to
include "Stop processing more Rules". You can then check
the folder at intervals and Shift Delete those messages
you do not want.

--

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Wayne" wrote in
message ...
I've recently had a recurring problem with
receiving
new messages from some suspicious sites. OE tells me it
is
trying to receive new mail and seems to get "stuck" in
the
process. I've waiting for long periods of time, but it
never arrives and it prevents other messages from being
received.
I have an alternate way to look at new mail that
does not involve OE and can see the message trying to
unload. They are from sites I don't recognize and see
to
have suspicious subjects. ALL of them are 41k in size.
I
can delete them from the other e-mail system and then
OE
will handle my normal mail that is behind the "stuck"
message. How can I get OE "unstuck" from trying to
handle
these suspicious messages so I can delete them without
leaving OE?

.