Alanrf,
Sorry to have disappeared...I had to work! Imagine! I keep getting the feeling that's what they really made these computers for...
Quoting you (in the black): To answer your questions:
a few questions if I may,
1) What kind of connection to the Internet are you using (dialup, DSL, Cable etc)?
Cable (Roadrunner)
2) Do you have a POP3 email account (in your Outlook email accounts) with an email server that has secureserver.net as part of its name?
I have 6 POP3 email accounts in Outlook, two have secureserver.net on the incoming which is SMTP, none of the outgoing POP3 have secureserver
3) Can you follow the instructions I posted earlier in this thread to create a more detailed log of your connection? That should help to give us a better idea of why your connection from Outlook is persisting so long and what it is doing.
I copied the last set of data after following your instructions and then rebooting (this is from aswMaiSv.log, I hope that's what you meant, you may have had a typo):
02/07/06 12:48:37 0000085C: Started as service, Log = 1(0x00000001)
02/07/06 12:48:37 0000085C: Build 4.6.763
02/07/06 12:48:37 0000085C: Windows XP Workstation (Service Pack 2)
02/07/06 12:48:37 0000085C: Using WinSock 2.0
02/07/06 12:48:37 0000085C: AutoRedirect settings changed 1(0x00000001)
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: IgnoreLocalhost settings changed 1(0x00000001)
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: POP Start settings changed: 1
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: POP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12110
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: POP RedirectPort: 110
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: SMTP Start settings changed: 1
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: SMTP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12025
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: SMTP RedirectPort: 25
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: IMAP Start settings changed: 1
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: IMAP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12143
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: IMAP RedirectPort: 143
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: NNTP Start settings changed: 1
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: NNTP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12119
02/07/06 12:48:48 0000085C: NNTP RedirectPort: 119
02/07/06 13:10:00 00000AD0: --POP Mail is clean
02/07/06 13:10:01 00000AD0: --POP Mail is clean
02/07/06 13:10:02 00000AD0: --POP Mail is clean
4) Please go to the avast Internet Mail provider, click on Customize then select the Advanced tab and please advise of the timeout value you see there. 1 minute The timeout on my internet connection is 120.
I know nothing about reading these logs, but I see a lot of listening being changed. Is that a normal situation or is something redirecting me? That would make sense since my protection (spy, virus, etc) is telling me things are okay.
I was reading your explanation of the "blockage" problem that you believe is going on and it certainly makes sense that could be happening. And it makes sense to me that I would want to know that that was going on. But armed with that information, how do you "break up the blockage." Is there a laxative available?
And, in advance, thank you for the time you've devoted to this.
Pat