One of the features that encouraged me to try Avast! is that it is said to work with Incredimail. Can anyone tell me how to configure Avast! to work with my Incredimail program? Step by step, please.....I am old and easily confused, lolol.
Also, one of my accounts that I pull in with Increcimail is my MSN/Hotmail account. You can use Hotmail with Incredimail, in case anyone is interested. And there is a free version of Incredimail.
I will be most appreciative of any help that I receive!
Regards,
Carole R. Ernst
Maybe you have troubles with Hotmail (if it does not use pop3/smtp servers).
But with other email accounts you can use. Incredimail is supported by the Mail Protection Wizard. You shouldn't have problems with the configuration.
1. Close all your email applications.
2. Start Windows Menu > avast! antivirus > Mail Protection Wizard
3. Click Next on the first screen
4. Choose 'Setup the protection manually'
5. Choose 'I don't use MS Outlook (nor MS Exchange client) or
'I use other programs to work with e-mails as well'
After the service was disabled, choose Next
Select your e-mail accounts (or 'My accounts is not in the list...' to get help)
Finish your configuration and the service will start again.
You can run the Mail Protection Wizard more than once and all the changes could be reversed ('Automatically remove protection from all my accounts').
If this not help, you, try the help file
Manual setting of mail protection. Launch your mail program and let the program display the account settings.
1. If you want to check outgoing messages, change the address of SMTP server to the address of the local computer, i.e. 127.0.0.1. The localhost or 127.0.0.1 is the way to scan your outbound mail.
2. If you want to check incoming messages, change the address of POP (IMAP) server to the address of the local computer, i.e. 127.0.0.1. The localhost or 127.0.0.1 is the way to scan your inbound mail.
3. Change user (login) name this way: append the character # (double hash) and the address of your POP (IMAP) server (the same as you specified in the avast4.ini file in Step one). Login name should then look like this:
yourname#pop3.server.com
4. If your e-mail program supports SMTP authentication and also makes it possible to set a different login name for SMTP than for POP
5. If the SMTP authentication is enabled, append the character # and the address of your SMTP server to the login name (e.g. yourname#smtp.server.com).
6. If the SMTP authentication is disabled, enable it and use the character # together with the address of your SMTP server as the login name (e.g. #smtp.server.com).
7. Save your changes.
Hope this help...