@Lee, i mentioned in my post that i had tried the new 529 beta & it didnt make any difference other than me gettin more localhost alerts from my firewall
@Bob, i have been reading of a lot of probs the 4.5 builds have given even forum regulars like Urself, i have just spent an hour tryin to get the new beta to work, i give U a run thru
1)I run mailwasher pro which has direct access to my pop3 account & my hotmail account, when i run it with any version of 4,5 installed, my firewall suddenly says it needs a localhost 127.0.0.1 connection which it has never ever needed before, if i create a rule for it allowing it, it fails to check my accounts (no suprise as it doesnt need the the 127.0.0.1 connection, only with avast 4.5 on does it ask for it
2)I then try to send myself a test mail to see if avast new mail protection works, when i click send, my firewall pops up askin for yet another 127.0.0.1 connection for Outlook express, if i allow it, it fails to check mail, if i allow it once, it then asks for a remote address of 127.0.0.1 with a local address of 127.0.0.1, if i allow them once it eventually avast mail scanner asks for a connection to my pop3 & smtp addys, but only if i click the allow once button a few times, so its hardly a better way of checkin mail
3)Now the new mail protection doesnt need the 127.0.0.1 connection as it monitors the mail ports, so why then am i being asked for it for both OE & mailwasher?
4)Its not a firewall prob as im allowing anythin avast needs, but it still fails to check mail & insert the clean notes & doesnt even insert the X-Anti-virus message into the mails header unless im there to click the allow once button in my firewall's alerts.
4.1 works flawlessly as always, 4.5 just has so many niggles & bugs, considering they are working on a new build to fix all these probs, that tells me 4.5 should never have been released as a final & should have stayed beta.
Now i would try it again & set up the mail manually, but what info do i put in the smtp authenticatiion dialog?
Also judging by the fact this forum has seen a massive increase in folk postin with probs leads mee to think it aint just me & i know how to configure the prog after using it for about 3 years.
My posts aint meant as an attack on Avast makers, just me expressing my probs with all the 4.5 builds & im one of many judging by many of the posts here
BaNzI