4/17/2005 4:18 PM Hi Mary,
On 4/17/2005 Mary Bull wrote: MB> Hello Greg! MB> On Sunday, April 17, 2005, 11:00 AM, you wrote: >> Since you use TB and are behind a router you are fairly safe already. I >> suggest as a test to turn off both your FW & AV completely, then see if >> you can receive email. If you can receive, then turn one on, and leave >> the other off for further testing. This should help you narrow the >> problem down if you are able to receive with both AV & FW off. MB> Thanks. It's my Sygate Firewall that's the culprit. The Dispatcher MB> offers me the mail perfectly with it off and F-Secure anti-virus on. MB> The Bat! is in my set of "Allowed" applications in Sygate, but MB> something in .15 and .16 isn't meshing with the Sygate configuration. MB> As you say, I'm pretty safe behind the router. Right now I have Sygate MB> set to "Allow All." But it won't tell me, now, if something new tries MB> to "phone home." I've been looking in the settings for a way to except MB> The Bat! but still keep all the other incoming/outgoing security MB> settings in place. MB> So far, can't find them. I may have to switch from Sygate to Kerio. Or MB> even get F-Secure's firewall, which was offered to me in a suite when MB> I renewed my AV program, last fall. MB> Anyway, the good news: I'm up in v. .16 and testing by using it as I MB> normally use The Bat! (Except for an enabled software firewall MB> running.) MB> Thanks a mil, Greg, and everyone else who's been working with me on MB> this problem. Give Outpost PRO a try at www.agnitum.com . It has worked very well for me for some time, is easy to use but feature rich. -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.0.2.10 on Win2k SP4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.9.16 Return | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
