emails w/ attachments

after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
errors, nothing.

is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
can't seem to find anything...

any assistance would be appreciated. thx.

Bigbruva
Fri Dec 31 12:57:40 CST 2004

Hi Todd

What email client are you using?

I would recommend setting up a test between you and a friend and send an
email without and attachment and then repeat the test with one straight away
(this way you can track when the one with the attachment should have got to
your friend).
Now repeat this but disable Norton.
Now repeat but disable Spy Sweeper

If the email is still not getting through we will need more information
about your email client.

Let us know how you get on.

BB

"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:lkq2t0dsdl0sooqe2hdab9cfbc19hhse41@4ax.com...
> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
> errors, nothing.
>
> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
> can't seem to find anything...
>
> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.
>

Malke
Fri Dec 31 16:13:51 CST 2004

ToddT wrote:

> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
> errors, nothing.
>
> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
> can't seem to find anything...
>
> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.

Look in all your options on your email client and in whatever firewall
you're using, but this phenomenon may not be under your control. Your
ISP and/or the recipient's ISP may be stripping out attachments from
their servers before it gets to the account mailboxes. A lot of ISP's
and mail hosts (my hosting company, for instance, which is from where I
run my email) did this at the height of the last worm epidemic. I
forget exactly which worm it was; there have been so many. Since Phell
is running wild right now, they may be doing it again.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

ToddT
Mon Jan 03 08:01:15 CST 2005

outlook express. i'll try your suggestions, thx.

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:57:40 -0800, "Bigbruva"
<Richardh@dontusethis.ws> wrote:

>Hi Todd
>
>What email client are you using?
>
>I would recommend setting up a test between you and a friend and send an
>email without and attachment and then repeat the test with one straight away
>(this way you can track when the one with the attachment should have got to
>your friend).
>Now repeat this but disable Norton.
>Now repeat but disable Spy Sweeper
>
>If the email is still not getting through we will need more information
>about your email client.
>
>Let us know how you get on.
>
>BB
>
>"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
>news:lkq2t0dsdl0sooqe2hdab9cfbc19hhse41@4ax.com...
>> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
>> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
>> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
>> errors, nothing.
>>
>> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
>> can't seem to find anything...
>>
>> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.
>>
>

ToddT
Mon Jan 03 08:02:06 CST 2005

no, it's not the isp. i've used the same isp for many years and the
problem only started occurring recently. thx.

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:13:51 -0800, Malke <noreply@invalid.com> wrote:

>ToddT wrote:
>
>> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
>> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
>> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
>> errors, nothing.
>>
>> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
>> can't seem to find anything...
>>
>> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.
>
>Look in all your options on your email client and in whatever firewall
>you're using, but this phenomenon may not be under your control. Your
>ISP and/or the recipient's ISP may be stripping out attachments from
>their servers before it gets to the account mailboxes. A lot of ISP's
>and mail hosts (my hosting company, for instance, which is from where I
>run my email) did this at the height of the last worm epidemic. I
>forget exactly which worm it was; there have been so many. Since Phell
>is running wild right now, they may be doing it again.
>
>Malke

Malke
Mon Jan 03 10:21:10 CST 2005

ToddT wrote:

> no, it's not the isp. i've used the same isp for many years and the
> problem only started occurring recently. thx.

Well then, check out all the options on your email client, firewall, any
"internet security" type software you are running.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

Bigbruva
Mon Jan 03 14:49:09 CST 2005

A couple of other things to check...

1) Does OE have a copy of your original email in the "Sent Items" folder? If
so OE has successfully passed the message to your email server.

2) Also ensure the issue does not lie with the recipient. Have you tried
sending the email to multiple recipients to ensure your email is not getting
filtered as spam by a single recipient?

HTH

BB

"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:c0kit0dmep2t2l7ud8aond9s3a5ce65747@4ax.com...
> outlook express. i'll try your suggestions, thx.
>
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:57:40 -0800, "Bigbruva"
> <Richardh@dontusethis.ws> wrote:
>
>>Hi Todd
>>
>>What email client are you using?
>>
>>I would recommend setting up a test between you and a friend and send an
>>email without and attachment and then repeat the test with one straight
>>away
>>(this way you can track when the one with the attachment should have got
>>to
>>your friend).
>>Now repeat this but disable Norton.
>>Now repeat but disable Spy Sweeper
>>
>>If the email is still not getting through we will need more information
>>about your email client.
>>
>>Let us know how you get on.
>>
>>BB
>>
>>"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
>>news:lkq2t0dsdl0sooqe2hdab9cfbc19hhse41@4ax.com...
>>> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
>>> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
>>> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
>>> errors, nothing.
>>>
>>> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
>>> can't seem to find anything...
>>>
>>> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.
>>>
>>
>

ToddT
Tue Jan 04 07:54:04 CST 2005

yeah, i did all that before my original post. can't find anything...

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:21:10 -0800, Malke <noreply@invalid.com> wrote:

>ToddT wrote:
>
>> no, it's not the isp. i've used the same isp for many years and the
>> problem only started occurring recently. thx.
>
>Well then, check out all the options on your email client, firewall, any
>"internet security" type software you are running.
>
>Malke

ToddT
Tue Jan 04 07:55:08 CST 2005

1) yes, it does.

2) no recipients received it.


On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:49:09 -0800, "Bigbruva"
<Richardh@dontusethis.ws> wrote:

>A couple of other things to check...
>
>1) Does OE have a copy of your original email in the "Sent Items" folder? If
>so OE has successfully passed the message to your email server.
>
>2) Also ensure the issue does not lie with the recipient. Have you tried
>sending the email to multiple recipients to ensure your email is not getting
>filtered as spam by a single recipient?
>
>HTH
>
>BB
>
>"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
>news:c0kit0dmep2t2l7ud8aond9s3a5ce65747@4ax.com...
>> outlook express. i'll try your suggestions, thx.
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:57:40 -0800, "Bigbruva"
>> <Richardh@dontusethis.ws> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Todd
>>>
>>>What email client are you using?
>>>
>>>I would recommend setting up a test between you and a friend and send an
>>>email without and attachment and then repeat the test with one straight
>>>away
>>>(this way you can track when the one with the attachment should have got
>>>to
>>>your friend).
>>>Now repeat this but disable Norton.
>>>Now repeat but disable Spy Sweeper
>>>
>>>If the email is still not getting through we will need more information
>>>about your email client.
>>>
>>>Let us know how you get on.
>>>
>>>BB
>>>
>>>"ToddT" <turczytjNO@maritzSPAM.com> wrote in message
>>>news:lkq2t0dsdl0sooqe2hdab9cfbc19hhse41@4ax.com...
>>>> after installing win xp sp2, spy sweeper, and norton anti-virus over
>>>> the last couple of months, i've noticed that when i send an email that
>>>> has an attachment, the email never arrives at it's destination. no
>>>> errors, nothing.
>>>>
>>>> is there some setting somewhere that affects emails w/ attachments? i
>>>> can't seem to find anything...
>>>>
>>>> any assistance would be appreciated. thx.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>