Thanks for your suggestions. Although I have done them in the past, I redid and am ready to start from scratch.
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Avast complete scan including archives - clean
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Updated Ad Aware scan - clear
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OE 6 and Windows Updates are current
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OE time out set at 5 minutes
I did not know what an avast time out was.
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My ISP provides something called Postini. It
blocks spam and also catches viruses. I have never
had an email virus caught by avast. The Postini
stopped them before they came into my mailbox.
Avast has alerted me to several coming from the
internet
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No, do not notice any email trying to be sent from Out
box.
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This is difficult to explain. I watch the email I send go
out–the blue line that moves across the email box.
(fun to do). The short ones go OK. When I think it is
taking too long I click stop or abort. And the email
remains in the outbox but the recipient still gets it
several times. Occasionally I notice avast scanning
the same long email twice. No one has alerted me
that they have received any viruses from me.
I usually don’t stop the email. I only tried it to see if
I could prevent it from going out more than once.
I also tried sending to one person at a time instead of
to several friends. No results.
- I will try some of the links suggested by wawadave as
I am sure it is not caused by avast. It has been doing
this for many many months. I am finally in pursuit and
appreciate any other suggestions you can make.