[thelist] thunderbird question

Michael Pemberton evolt at mpember.net.au
Sat Jul 3 04:02:14 CDT 2004


Damien COLA wrote:
> I've had norton antivirus automatically deleting an email or attachement
> with a virus, and i couldn't retrieve any email from my inbox.
> Does this means only one file hold all emails information and that the
> rest is lost if norton deleted the file because of one virus in one mail
> ?
> 

It is possible.  It has happened to me.  The best thing to do is turn on 
POP3 scanning in Norton and tell it to ignore the folder that contains 
your Thunderbird Profile.

It is possible to restore the file from quarentine if it is still there.

-- 
Michael Pemberton
evolt at mpember.net.au





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