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from: Jeff Shultz
date: 2004-12-13 07:16:12
subject: Re: symantec probs?

From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:53:34 -0600, Dave wrote:

> Has anyone had any trouble with their Norton Anti-Virus this week?
>
> My Live Update downloaded a "common client" upgrade on Tuesday, and
> immediately I started having problems with e-mail.  Connections suddenly
> closing, that sort of thing.  I think the Symantec update screwed up my
> tcpip stack.
>
> Yesterday there was another "common client" upgrade, and suddenly
> everything works again.
>
> Has anyone else had this happen this week?  Have the ISPs been getting
> swamped with support calls?

Not swamped, but we did have a customer (former employee) bring in a system
that was "unexepectedly breaking the connection" to the e-mail
server. Disabling e-mail scanning fixed it.

Nice to know they fixed the problem. Maybe I'll have Bob bring his system back in.

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