Outlook keeps changing to "localhost" 1

[scottcompton]

I have numerous accounts set up in Outlook. Every so often, the POP server is changed to "localhost" and the account name has "/pop server name" after it. This causes problems with sending outgoing mail. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Scott Compton

 

[joegz]

That is your anti virus program (Symantec I assume) that is doing that as part of it's email scanning function. If you really really want to stop that from happening you have to disable e-mail scanning for incoming mail but that of course increases your risk of receiving viruses.

Sometimes it does cause a problem with downloading e-mail and you may need to temporarily turn it off but I would then enable it again and see if the behavior persists. joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."

 

[smah]

I'm going with PC-Cillin

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[jmatt]

Here is how to get local host , reverse the process .

http://www.stanford.edu/group/itss/pcleland/help/outlookpop.htm

Start reading here .

Step 2: Change the Incoming Mail Server in Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express to localhost .
Below are specific instructions for configuring Microsoft Outlook .

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http://www.htmltutorials.net/localhost.html