Author Topic: False positive for "too many identical e-mails"  (Read 2636 times)

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Firetree

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False positive for "too many identical e-mails"
« on: July 25, 2008, 01:59:09 AM »
Avast has just recently (last week or two) started giving me alarms of "too many identical e-mails in appointed time" when I send mail to multiple recipients.  This isn't a spambot issue...they're my valid messages, and for each addressee (anywhere from three to 12) I get the alarm message and have to override it to get the message sent.

Using Eudora 6.2.3.4, PGP Desktop digital signing, XP Pro SP2.  Also use SpyBot S&D and AdAware...nothing detected there, but like I said, it doesn't appear to be a valid alarm.

It's driving me bazonkers and takes up a lot of my time, as I do a lot of multiple addressee mailing.  However, I use Constant Contact for newsletter mailings, etc.  These are simply business messages with a relatively small distribution, and I've not had this problem until quite recently.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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Re: False positive for "too many identical e-mails"
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 02:42:31 AM »
This isn't a spambot issue...they're my valid messages
Change the Heuristic (Advanced) tab of settings for Internet Mail and Oulook plugin.
avast allow such a configuration of the providers, by-passing the alerts.
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Firetree

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Re: False positive for "too many identical e-mails"
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 03:39:48 AM »
Thanks much.  Solved the issue.  I've been using Avast for many years and never had the inclination to "drill down" that far in the menus to find that setting.

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Re: False positive for "too many identical e-mails"
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 02:47:24 PM »
I've been using Avast for many years and never had the inclination to "drill down" that far in the menus to find that setting.
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