uninstalling anti-virus software

[PotsNPans]

If you consistently get an error message saying the connection to the server has failed, can uninstalling all your anti-virus software do the trick?

[suwunk]

Check this out

That type of problem is usually caused by interference from a non-
compatible antivirus program. Which antivirus are you running?
As a minimum, email scanning in the antivirus must be turned off,
although that may not be sufficient to eliminate all bad effects.
In a worst case scenario, your antivirus may need to be uninstalled.

Email scanning in any antivirus must be disabled, for reasons
explained here:
Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email - A Cloudeight Information Avenune Tutorial

If no improvement after disabling email scanning, consider upgrading
to Windows Live Mail, because it is less prone to suffering bad effects
from overly intrusive antivirus programs:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

Details:
Unable to send email..."Connection to Server has failed" - Windows Vista Mail

[mahathi]

Hi I am mahathi

the information provided by "suwunk" on "PotsNPans" question is very good, my friends aneela aslo has the same problem, here i found the answer by Google search, thank you suwunk and PotsNPans and Google search eng


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