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echo: nthelp
to: John Cuccia
from: Mike `/m`
date: 2005-10-06 21:22:26
subject: Re: overloaded email server behavior

From: Mike '/m' 

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:41:02 -0500, John Cuccia  wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:08:31 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote:
>
>>OK, but keep in mind the message disappeared on the outbound.
>
>I was told by a tech at a client's ISP that Symantec Antivirus
>Corporate Edition intercepts all outbound connection attempts to port
>25 (in order to scan outgoing mail for viruses).  I did not believe
>him.  To prove it he had me try to telnet on port 25 to his POP
>server.  I could not do it with SAV running.  Once I uninstalled SAV,
>I could connect via telnet.
>
>Don't discount the possibility that Norton ate your mail.

There is a very big difference between intercepting the outbound port 25
connection (which you saw) and Outlook losing a messaging when Outlook
should have moved it from the Outbox to the Sent Items box.


I agree with what you said about port 25 interception, but that is not the
symptom I saw.

 /m

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