I found a glitch that is a big problem. Avast 5.0 won't allow Mailwasher to check mail during a session. I had to turn off Scan Inbound Messages in the Mail Shield to get MW to show my email.
The mail shield intercepts all the email calls including mailwasher so you either need to change the account setting in MW unchecking any SSL requirements or opt out (IgnoreProcess) mailwasher.
- Personally as a mailwasher pro user I have avast IgnoreProcess for mailwasher.exe. Since MailWasher doesn't download the complete email to do its analysis, it only downloads the headers, a small part of the body, it doesn't download images or attachments and it views what is downloaded in text only. Based on this I personally don't feel that any negligible risk worth scanning duplication, but the choice is yours.
By editing the EmailShield.ini file, [MailScanner] section using notepad. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Alwil Software\Avast5\EmailShield.ini
[MailScanner]
IgnoreProcess=MailWasher.exe add this line if you don't already have an IgnoreProcess line.
Save the changes to EmailShield.ini and exit, the avast self-defence module will ask are you sure about the changes, etc. answer Yes.
The above file location is for XP so you might need to find it on Vista, etc.