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Ma No said the following on 2/2/2005 10:19 AM:
> "'Captain' Kirk DeHaan" <captkirkREMOVE@MEsandpoint.net> wrote in message
> news:f8CdnRwlfMTSjZzfRVn-hw@povn.com...
>
>>Ma No said the following on 2/1/2005 7:51 PM:
>>
>>>"MB_" <mel@prodigy.invalid.net> wrote in message
>>>news:_XXLd.5095$R34.925@fe06.lga...
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>>>
>>>>ED:
>>>>
>>>>Does this mean I should answer YES since I do want it to scan the email?
>>>>
>>>>MB
>>>>"Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:36anv7F4u0m0oU1@individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The antivirus program has an engine that picks up your email before you
>>>>>download it, scans it and then feeds it to your email program.
>>>>>It's completely normal.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>MB_ wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you want to allow AVG E-Mail Scanner to act as a server ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Not sure what this means. I just have a single home computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do I answer NO??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>MB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>FWIW, I have AVG and ZAP, and AVG scans the e-mail just fine, and it has
>>>never even asked for server privileges. Long ago I used Norton AV, and it
>>>never asked for server privileges either -- so I have never answered YES
>>>and I have never been asked to.
>>>
>>>Ma
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Is it set to scan only incoming mail? AVG will scan email in both
>>directions and this may be where the server privileges come into play. In
>>order to scan outgoing email your mailer hands off the email to AVG and
>>AVG handles the the interaction with your ISPs SMTP sever.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Kirk
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>
> On my computer AVG scans both incoming and outgoing mail, does not ask to be
> a server, and is not checked off as a server in ZAP settings.
>
> Ma
>
>
I just looked and it is not set in mine either. So my idea is out the
window.
--
Kirk
"Screw the planes, take a train", Me