indoor...
Quote from vendor: Mail Direct works with most e-mail programs, such as Outlook Express, The Bat, Eudora, Foxmail, and many more. It has a built-in SMTP server, which your e-mail client will use to send messages. It receives the messages from your client and then sends them directly to your recipient's mail server, bypassing your ISP's mail server. All you need to do is change the address of the outgoing mail server (SMTP) in your e-mail software from the name of your ISP's mail server to "localhost". Mail Direct will then be designated as your SMTP server
Ok, here is the way I see this. Mail Direct acts as its' own localhost receiving the email and sending it out directly which means to me that Avast cannot scan it in that manner.
Let's look at it like this. In the normal behavior, the email client sends the mail to the server for which it is configured.
When using MD, OE will send the mail to "localhost" which is MD. MD then sends it to the recipients server.
Avast does not do this. Avast MUST use your ISP server for routing.
So even if we can get MD to direct the email into 127.0.0.1, Avast will still send it to your ISP server address.
IN effect, we need to put the cart before the horse, and that can't be done. I don't know of any way to have Avast scan first, then send it to MD.
However, since I have a very curious nature (and don't give up easy, I am in contact with OC's Tech Support and asked them for a resolution....if any.
I will get back to you as soon as I hear something, but am not too optimistic at this point.
Sorry.