out account keeps changing

[Sticks]

im having an odd problem with outlook express in windows 98 and xp home on
computers sharing an internet connection.

in accounts the incomping server keeps changing to localhost and the in
username it keeps putting the incoming mail server after the username

incoming mail server - localhost
username -username/pop3.server.co.uk

this is very odd as outlook runs fine on every other computer apart from at
my office on the network

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

This is due to your antivirus software, not Outlook. Either disable mail
scanning or upgrade to an antivirus program that scans mail more
efficiently. Most new products don't use this clumsy method - what AV
software do you use & how old is it? May be time to upgrade anyway.

Note also -
This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

 

[Sticks]

sorry im new to these news group things, probably is my antivirus software,
im using pc-cillen 2000

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Yep - see if the newest version handles this better.