Hi,

I recently viewed an "Orange" promotion on disc for internet access.

It was not suitable for me and so I did not sign up.

Since viewing the disc my incoming mail settings in Accounts has been change from mail.virgin.net to 127.0.0.1.

No matter how many times I delete and change it the setting reverts back to 127.0.0.1 when I restart my computer.

Can anyone advise me how to change back to mail.virgin.net permanently?

I use Windows XP

Kind regards,


Jeff

Jeffnmag.highlands@virgin.net

127.0.0.1 is a standard loopback address for testing

are you using outlook express

have a look here http://www.virgin.net/customers/help...tlook6/18.html

Hi,

Thanks for your help.

I had already tried that, but it still changed back to 127.0.0.1. when I restarted the computer.

However, the following advice from Bruce sorted it out:

"This is usually caused by scanning e-mail, or an anti-spam program. Perhaps
Orange was just a coincidence.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3"

Kind regards,

Jeff
North Wales
UK