Shawn, I continue to scan incoming Email as always. I have one of two options: either scan outgoing Email or have access to Email processing at the moment. I have a problem with my computer and my options are limited; I have little to no chioice in the matter and this adjustment to Norton has allowed me to resume processing Email with some degree of success. Thanks again, Steve, for you excellent mini tutorial. > Actually, you can have one of those viruses that sends itself based on entries > in your address book. But, security is a personal taste, not an absolute > afterall. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:18 PM > Subject: RE: Norton Anti-Virus E-mail Options > > > > Linktha, > > > > Open Norton anti-virus. > > > > Press alt-o for options. > > > > There should be a frame with four tables with a list of basic options at the > > top and corresponding checkboxes below it in the bottom table. > > > > > > > > In the four tables, the top one is System, and has options like auto-protect, > > script-blocking, etc. The second table is titled Internet, and the first > > option in mine is e-mail. I can press enter on it, even though JFW does not > > indicate it as a link and activate the various checkboxes associated with > > e-mail scanning. If enter doesn't work for you, try routing JFW to PC cursor > > and left-click with the mouse emulation key. > > > > > > Now, in the fourth table, you will have various e-mail options. The table is > > entitled "What to Scan". You will or should see the following: > > > > Scan Incoming E-mail (recommended) > > > > Scan Outgoing E-mail. > > > > How to Respond When a Virus is Found: > > > > Here there are five radio buttons, as follows: > > 1. Automatically repair the infected file (recommended); > > 2. Ask me what to do; > > 3. Repair then quarantine if unsuccessful; > > 4. Repair then silently quarantine if unsuccessful; and > > 5. Repair then silently delete if unsuccessful. > > > > I've found that if you set it to the recommended option, there will be a > > dialog if it finds an infected file. This may cause the sending of incoming > > e-mails to be suspended while it waits for you to reply and the server may > > time out. Therefore, I've selected the fourth option to repair and silently > > quarantine if unsuccessful. By doing this, there are no dialogs while e-mail > > is being downloaded. > > > > I don't have it scan outgoing e-mails, since I believe with scanning incoming > > e-mails and having script-blocking enabled insures that I have a virus-free > > machine. > > > > hth, > > Steve > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx