Boy, do I owe you two an apology! I realized I haven't changed my signature for ages--not since I changed to a Compaq Deskpro EN with Win XP Pro. I also dropped IncrediMail. Let's see if I understand correctly: Since 4.5, Avast has automatically scanned not only incoming and outgoing Outlook Express e-mail for XP, but also attachments. Right? So I don't have to do anything with Mail Protection Wizard. Right? So I can open an attachment without fear. Right? Thanks.
No need to appologize midway
Everything is fine !
Yes, you're right... after avast! 4.5 came out, scanning of e-mails under Windows XP is done automatically. Mail scanning is so called "transparent".
Don't forget to do another thing... go to your
INTERNET MAIL provider, and click on
CUSTOMIZE button. Chose
ADVANCED tab and put a checkmark on
SHOW DETAILED INFO ON PERFORMED ACTION. Also, while you are there, you can increase the number for the
TIMEOUT FOR INTERNET COMMUNICATION(s) to some higher value... for example, you can set it as 300...
By putting a checkmark on
SHOW DETAILED INFO ON PERFORMED ACTION, you'll be much more aware what's going on when your Outlook Express fires up and starts to scan (or not) e-mails... You'll see nice notification at the bottom of the screen and then at least, you are sure avast! is canning those mails... if you already enabled that option and you don't see above mentioned notification, then you can be sure that something is wrong... in any case, you'll sleep much better.
No additional action is required to activate mail scanning for OE under Windows XP
Cheers !