I remember a similar problem I had with McAfee Spam Killer doing a similar thing. I stopped using Mailwasher to give this Spamkiller a try when I got McAfee security Centre last year, and the problems came from that. Turned off Spamkiller (McAfee) and gone back to Mailwasher and Outlook Express, no problems at all with that set up. So, bin your email scanner, go and get Mailwasher for free and use that!!! You can't go wrong! Good luck.