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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: nochops on November 16, 2004, 03:02:30 AM
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Hi. I just updated to Avast 4.5. I'm running XP, Norton Firewall, and am using Eudora mail.
Since the update, I can not send mail via my Authenticated SMTP Email Server while Avast is running. I can send mail if I disable Avast, and, I can send mail if I don't use the authenticated server. But, since I travel extensively, I need to use the authenticated server to send mail via my ISP while I travel.
I have disabled the Outbound Mail scan in the resident settings, but still have the same results. Also, disabling the Firewall did not help either.
Please advise.
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Similar problem here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=8696
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This post for Vlk fixed the problem. Thanks. I'm curious if this will be a recurring problem each time there is a program update? I did not have this problem when running 4.1.
Quote from Vlk:
"1. interception of the traffic by avast
2. actual scanning of the traffic
Unchecking the SMTP box in Internet Mail provider's settings disables 2 but not 1. This is what you're experiencing.
To prevent avast from doing 1 (which makes sense in your case as you're using SSL), please open the file <avast>\data\avast4.ini, and to the [MailScanner] section, add the following line:
StartSMTP=0
Then restart the Internet Mail provider and everything should be all right. Sorry for the confusion.
Cheers
Vlk"