Outlook express changes SMTP to localhost

Hi,
Here at my office, our Outlook Express, changes the smtp
server of our accounts to "localhost", whenever it feels
like. As we use one provider to access the internet, and
have email with a domain registered with other provider,
sometimes we loose our email and have to correct the SMTP
field in Outlook Express. Only little time after, it
changes back to "localhost".
Does anynone knows if there is a patch fr this?
We have ou Win XP Pro up to date, and our server is a Win
2000 Server (but the email does passes through a central
email application)
Thank you

Jose Pedro Filipe napisa³(a):
Hi,
Here at my office, our Outlook Express, changes the smtp
server of our accounts to "localhost", whenever it feels
like. As we use one provider to access the internet, and
have email with a domain registered with other provider,
sometimes we loose our email and have to correct the SMTP
field in Outlook Express. Only little time after, it
changes back to "localhost".
Does anynone knows if there is a patch fr this?
We have ou Win XP Pro up to date, and our server is a Win
2000 Server (but the email does passes through a central
email application)
Thank you

Why do you think Outlook Express does it? It is done by your firewall.

--
Grzegorz Niemirowski, MS MVP, www.grzegorz.net
OE PowerTool 3.1.5 - the best way to improve your OE
http://www.oept.it-faq.pl/
Uptime: 17 days, 6 hours, 7 minutes and 30 seconds

I have the same problem. I run Windows 98 with Outlook Express 6. I connect through a service provider. Any help appreciated

That is normally caused by an antivirus program set to scan all incoming
email. Disable that option, reset the settings in OE's Tools/Accounts/Mail
and all should be well. The scanning provides no added security anyway and
only leads to corruption of files, and you antivirus program will warn you
if you ever attemtp to open or save an infected file.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.


"Jose Pedro Filipe" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here at my office, our Outlook Express, changes the smtp
server of our accounts to "localhost", whenever it feels
like. As we use one provider to access the internet, and
have email with a domain registered with other provider,
sometimes we loose our email and have to correct the SMTP
field in Outlook Express. Only little time after, it
changes back to "localhost".
Does anynone knows if there is a patch fr this?
We have ou Win XP Pro up to date, and our server is a Win
2000 Server (but the email does passes through a central
email application)
Thank you

Grzegorz Niemirowski napisa³(a):
Why do you think Outlook Express does it? It is done by your firewall.

Sorry, I mean antivirus, not firewall.

--
Grzegorz Niemirowski, MS MVP, www.grzegorz.net
OE PowerTool 3.1.5 - the best way to improve your OE
http://www.oept.it-faq.pl/
Uptime: 17 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds

Well, my email client only scans pop mail, i.e, ingoing
mail, as the problem is with outgoing mail (smtp), but I'm
going to try it anyway. I'll leave a feedback later.

Thank you

-----Original Message-----
That is normally caused by an antivirus program set to
scan all incoming
email. Disable that option, reset the settings in OE's
Tools/Accounts/Mail
and all should be well. The scanning provides no added
security anyway and
only leads to corruption of files, and you antivirus
program will warn you
if you ever attemtp to open or save an infected file.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.


"Jose Pedro Filipe" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here at my office, our Outlook Express, changes the smtp
server of our accounts to "localhost", whenever it feels
like. As we use one provider to access the internet, and
have email with a domain registered with other provider,
sometimes we loose our email and have to correct the
SMTP
field in Outlook Express. Only little time after, it
changes back to "localhost".
Does anynone knows if there is a patch fr this?
We have ou Win XP Pro up to date, and our server is a
Win
2000 Server (but the email does passes through a central
email application)
Thank you

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