WLM downloading without permission

My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
double-clicking the Sync button.

In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is grayed
out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail, but, about
an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly appeared in WLM
while I was writing a message to someone else. They announced themselves
with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.

I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop this
incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what I
had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make sure
that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I had done
nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had looked at my
newsgroups.

DougS


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The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

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Known issue..
If working online, WLM will auto-poll accounts for new messages.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"DougS" <> wrote in message news:he0aj4$vn1$...
> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
> double-clicking the Sync button.
>
> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is grayed
> out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail, but, about
> an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly appeared in WLM
> while I was writing a message to someone else. They announced themselves
> with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>
> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop this
> incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what I
> had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make sure
> that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I had done
> nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had looked at my
> newsgroups.
>
> DougS
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4616 (20091117) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

Is Messenger running?
Are you logged in to Windows Live?
Did you compose another email before receiving the new mail notification?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"DougS" <> wrote in message
news:he0aj4$vn1$...
> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
> double-clicking the Sync button.
>
> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is
> grayed out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail,
> but, about an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly
> appeared in WLM while I was writing a message to someone else. They
> announced themselves with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>
> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop this
> incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what
> I had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make
> sure that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I
> had done nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had
> looked at my newsgroups.
>
> DougS
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 4616 (20091117) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

Currently the only way to avoid that bug is to close down WLM
after each use.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"DougS" <> wrote in message news:he0aj4$vn1$...
> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
> double-clicking the Sync button.
>
> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is grayed
> out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail, but, about
> an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly appeared in WLM
> while I was writing a message to someone else. They announced themselves
> with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>
> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop this
> incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what I
> had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make sure
> that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I had done
> nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had looked at my
> newsgroups.
>
> DougS
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4616 (20091117) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
news:eV42P#...
> Is Messenger running?
||Answer: no - I have WLM installed for email and newsgroups only, though
Calendar, Contacts and Feeds get thrown in anyway.||
> Are you logged in to Windows Live?
||Answer: no.||
> Did you compose another email before receiving the new mail notification?
||Answer: not sure.||
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "DougS" <> wrote in message
> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
>> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
>> double-clicking the Sync button.
>>
>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
>> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is
>> grayed out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail,
>> but, about an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly
>> appeared in WLM while I was writing a message to someone else. They
>> announced themselves with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>>
>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>> this incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of
>> what I had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I
>> make sure that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty
>> sure I had done nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I
>> had looked at my newsgroups.
>>
>> DougS



__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4621 (20091119) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

I want to be sure that you are not signed in.
Does it say Sign in below the close X?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"DougS" <> wrote in message
news:he2qjf$s76$...
> "Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
> news:eV42P#...
>> Is Messenger running?
> ||Answer: no - I have WLM installed for email and newsgroups only, though
> Calendar, Contacts and Feeds get thrown in anyway.||
>> Are you logged in to Windows Live?
> ||Answer: no.||
>> Did you compose another email before receiving the new mail notification?
> ||Answer: not sure.||
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>> MS MVP-Mail
>>
>> "DougS" <> wrote in message
>> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the
>>> remaining mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client,
>>> by double-clicking the Sync button.
>>>
>>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at
>>> startup' and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30
>>> minutes is grayed out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look
>>> at my mail, but, about an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages
>>> suddenly appeared in WLM while I was writing a message to someone else.
>>> They announced themselves with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar
>>> icon.
>>>
>>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>>> this incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach
>>> of what I had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can
>>> I make sure that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty
>>> sure I had done nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage
>>> I had looked at my newsgroups.
>>>
>>> DougS
>
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 4621 (20091119) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

Why do you ask, Ron?
We know from past cases that this issue occurs regardless of
being signed in or not.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message news:%23G$...
>I want to be sure that you are not signed in.
> Does it say Sign in below the close X?
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "DougS" <> wrote in message
> news:he2qjf$s76$...
>> "Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
>> news:eV42P#...
>>> Is Messenger running?
>> ||Answer: no - I have WLM installed for email and newsgroups only, though
>> Calendar, Contacts and Feeds get thrown in anyway.||
>>> Are you logged in to Windows Live?
>> ||Answer: no.||
>>> Did you compose another email before receiving the new mail notification?
>> ||Answer: not sure.||
>>> --
>>> Ron Sommer
>>> MS MVP-Mail
>>>
>>> "DougS" <> wrote in message
>>> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>>>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>>>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the
>>>> remaining mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client,
>>>> by double-clicking the Sync button.
>>>>
>>>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at
>>>> startup' and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30
>>>> minutes is grayed out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look
>>>> at my mail, but, about an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages
>>>> suddenly appeared in WLM while I was writing a message to someone else.
>>>> They announced themselves with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar
>>>> icon.
>>>>
>>>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>>>> this incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach
>>>> of what I had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can
>>>> I make sure that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty
>>>> sure I had done nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage
>>>> I had looked at my newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>> DougS
>>
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 4621 (20091119) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>

"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
news:#G$...
> I want to be sure that you are not signed in.
> Does it say Sign in below the close X?

||Answer: yes.||

> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "DougS" <> wrote in message
> news:he2qjf$s76$...
>> "Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
>> news:eV42P#...
>>> Is Messenger running?
>> ||Answer: no - I have WLM installed for email and newsgroups only, though
>> Calendar, Contacts and Feeds get thrown in anyway.||
>>> Are you logged in to Windows Live?
>> ||Answer: no.||
>>> Did you compose another email before receiving the new mail
>>> notification?
>> ||Answer: not sure.||
>>> --
>>> Ron Sommer
>>> MS MVP-Mail
>>>
>>> "DougS" <> wrote in message
>>> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>>>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>>>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the
>>>> remaining mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email
>>>> client, by double-clicking the Sync button.
>>>>
>>>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at
>>>> startup' and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30
>>>> minutes is grayed out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look
>>>> at my mail, but, about an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages
>>>> suddenly appeared in WLM while I was writing a message to someone else.
>>>> They announced themselves with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar
>>>> icon.
>>>>
>>>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>>>> this incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach
>>>> of what I had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can
>>>> I make sure that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty
>>>> sure I had done nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage
>>>> I had looked at my newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>> DougS



__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4624 (20091120) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

Thanks, Gary.
DougS

"Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Currently the only way to avoid that bug is to close down WLM
> after each use.
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
> "DougS" <> wrote in message
> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
>> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
>> double-clicking the Sync button.
>>
>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
>> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is
>> grayed
>> out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail, but,
>> about
>> an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly appeared in WLM
>> while I was writing a message to someone else. They announced themselves
>> with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>>
>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>> this
>> incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what
>> I
>> had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make sure
>> that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I had
>> done
>> nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had looked at
>> my
>> newsgroups.
>>
>> DougS

You're very welcome, Doug.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"DougS" <> wrote in message news:hebaub$s68$...
> Thanks, Gary.
> DougS
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> Currently the only way to avoid that bug is to close down WLM
>> after each use.
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>> "DougS" <> wrote in message
>> news:he0aj4$vn1$...
>>> My practice has been to filter all my mail for six accounts through
>>> MailWasher Pro, clear out unwanted items, and then download the remaining
>>> mail into Windows Live Mail, which is my default email client, by
>>> double-clicking the Sync button.
>>>
>>> In WLM Options/General I have both 'Send and receive messages at startup'
>>> and 'Check for messages every [30] minutes' unchecked. (30 minutes is
>>> grayed
>>> out as a result). This morning I was too busy to look at my mail, but,
>>> about
>>> an hour after I had booted my PC, six messages suddenly appeared in WLM
>>> while I was writing a message to someone else. They announced themselves
>>> with a joyful sound and a changed taskbar icon.
>>>
>>> I have looked through all the Tools/Options and don't see how to stop
>>> this
>>> incontinent inwards leakage which I regard as an unnerving breach of what
>>> I
>>> had thought was a reasonably good security procedure. How can I make sure
>>> that WLM only downloads messages at my command? I am pretty sure I had
>>> done
>>> nothing to trigger the Sync button, though at one stage I had looked at
>>> my
>>> newsgroups.
>>>
>>> DougS
>