Port 25 is already in use, specify another port value (see section 'Cooperation with other software' in 'Manual Setting of Mail Protection' in help).
On my setup in thunderbird:These settings have helped others. Hopefully they'll do the same for you. :)
Server Settings
Server Name 127.0.0.1 Port 110
User Name myaccount#pop-server.whoever.com
Outgoing Server SMTP settings
Server Name 127.0.0.1 Port 25
User Name myaccount#smtp-server.whoever.com
-max
If so what should I add?
??? Forgot to add, could it be anything to do with my pop up killer?
Perhaps I didn't explain myself very well. The problem is with port 110 which appears to be in use by something else so Avast won't scan incoming mail. Outlook doesn't like ports 26 and 111 although Incredimail doesn't seem to have a problem.
Sorry for any confusion.
Also some of the settings in your "settings" are different to mine, not just the missing port info for mail scanning.
:-\ Thank you for your continued help with this problem.
Is it just outgoing mail that is not being scanned? :)
Yes, I use the latest version of Incredimail which automatically junks unauthorised e mail.
??? I'm sorry, I don't understand the last reply or the relevance of it. Please can you expand?
Thanks
here is the fix for it!! Works perfect!!and then you posted a link back to this thread???
Thanks, it really worked.... Just 5 minutes and all is ok..
It also said I had not run a scan before even though I had run a thorough scan as soon as Avast had been installed. :-\
However I have just set the mail scanner in the ini file per your settings and have just received an error message when saving the changes - any suggestions?
Further to the above, after reading about another issue, the problem started about the time I upgraged Ad-Aware 6 to Ad-Aware SE.
DefaultSmtpServer=smtp.ntlworld.com#smtp.ntlworld.com
??? This was to show you the content of the mail scanning section of the ini file which is inadequate for avast to run the mail scan.
Because when I do, I get a bug report.That's not precise iformation which we can use to help you resolve your problem. Let us know exactly what it says .
Will I be getting a reply to my last entry?
I use Outlook Express and Incredimail.You neglected to mention which one is the default e-mail program.
On a slightly different topic ZoneAlarm doesn't recognise Avast as the resident anti virus program, is this normal?Yes it is but, it's recognized by windows as a security partner under SP2.
Although avast says it is not scanning e mail and it is not adding notes I can see that mail is being scanned in and out.If it's not scanning then how do you know that your mail is protected????