Well, folks, the problem seems to be resolved. First off, thanks to you all for the constructive comments about the problem. I've traced it down to the settings in the virus scanner, not Zone Alarm. It seems the settings for Real Time Scanning were set to scan "everything." This worked until an update occurred last week. That's when it seems things got slow, since Trend Micro tells me they got REAL agressive looking for a particular virus (SOBIG?).
Since the file got scanned coming in, when it created the TMP file, and again when it got put in the message store, things got really slow. Especially since TM now scanned a several MB large file for each message it added. YIKES!!!! No wonder the thing was slow. Taking the suggestion, I have excluded the directory (BatMail) where my mail folders reside. Things are running quite well, thank you very much! :) With that said, I still require a personal firewall. My travels into the public internet have shown enough scans and attempted attacks to make it necessary when I'm not home. Please contact me off line with your recommendations. Also, would someone point me to the OT list? I can post the question there, as well. Once again, thanks to all for your input. Regards, Mike ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
