Hi Tech
Thanks for the last reply. I have left Webshield disabled for the time being as I've had other issues to deal with. We'll have to sort that one another day but thank you very much for your great help so far.
One of those issues which is outstanding is to do with Spamihilator. I did not whether I should start a new post so if it's in the wrong place, please move it.
I uninstalled Spamihilator (did not change any settings when I installed it) and I am getting an error when sending mail from OE - have not received any response to a post on their forum see (
http://www.spamihilator.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7549&sid=ab6619c427ccc0e64c8556e970c93599) and it has just occurred to me that avast might be causing the error:
An unknown error has occurred. Subject '...., Account: '....', Server: ....', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '
550 No SMTP server defined. Use real server address instead of 127.0.0.1 in your account', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69My server ports settings is OE are Outgoing mail (SMPT) 25 - SSL is not ticked.
When I stop Internet Mail scanning the messages go through without any problem. If I activate/pause the service then the same error occurs. This is the aswMaiSv.log:
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: Started as service, Log = 1
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: Build 4.8.1229
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: Windows XP Workstation (Service Pack 3)
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: AutoRedirect settings changed 1
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: IgnoreLocalhost settings changed 1
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: POP Start settings changed: 1
09/19/08 18:00:34 000017F0: POP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12110
09/19/08 18:00:35 000017F0: POP RedirectPort: 110
09/19/08 18:00:35 000017F0: SMTP Start settings changed: 1
09/19/08 18:00:35 000017F0: SMTP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12025
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: SMTP RedirectPort: 25
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: IMAP Start settings changed: 1
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: IMAP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12143
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: IMAP RedirectPort: 143
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: NNTP Start settings changed: 1
09/19/08 18:00:36 000017F0: NNTP Listen settings changed: 127.0.0.1 12119
09/19/08 18:00:37 000017F0: NNTP RedirectPort: 119
09/19/08 18:05:09 000017F0: Stopped
Could it be the Listen settings that's causing this to occur and if so would you please let me how to restore the default settings?
The relevant section from my avast4.ini file is as follows:
[MailScanner]
PopRedirectPort=110
SmtpRedirectPort=25
ImapRedirectPort=143
NntpRedirectPort=119
IgnoreAddress=
IgnoreLocalhost=1
AutoRedirect=1
StartPop=1
StartSmtp=1
StartImap=1
StartNntp=1
ShowTrayIcon=1
The way that I'm getting around it at the moment is to move the message to the Drafts folder, click send, close and restart OE and it then goes off happily.
Thank you again in advance for your help.
Jean