This will be my last post in this Subject and the moderaters may close the thread if they wish. It took me all day to get it all right. For me it was hard to put together. Here, explicitly, is what finally worked for Outlook Express: I hope it helps others, and thanks to all who posted anything on the matter in earlier threads. The following is for Avast 4.8 Home Edition, Stunnel 4.27, OpenSSL 0.9.8kand XP Home SP3, and for the isp att yahoo. I hope the organization is clear enough that you can modify it without too much difficulty for your own isp.
1. In OE under Accounts change both the smtp and pop servers to read simply "localhost". No port numbers are needed. In mail properties advanced
uncheck both boxes that read "This server requires a secure connection." The port numbers should then read 25 amd 110.
2. The avast.ini should read: (I do not use Nntp or Imap)
[MailScanner]
PopRedirectPort=110
SmtpRedirectPort=25
ImapRedirectPort=
NntpRedirectPort=
IgnoreAddress=
IgnoreLocalhost=1
AutoRedirect=1
StartPop=1
StartSmtp=1
StartImap=0
StartNntp=0
ShowTrayIcon=1
3. In the Avast Internet Mail module/Customize the Redirect fields should read 110, 25, blank blank. Leave rectangle at bottom blank.
4. Stunnel.conf should read:
debug = 7
output = C:\Program Files\stunnel\stunnel.log
; Use it for att client mode
client = yes
; Service-level configuration
[att -pop3s]
accept= localhost:110
connect = pop.att.yahoo.com:995
[att -smtp]
accept = localhost:25
connect = smtp.att.yahoo.com:465
5. Rather than having Stunnel run as a service all the time, I found it more convenient to simply create a shortcut to Stunnel.exe and use that to open it as
needed.