I was confused about what you said here: " However uninstalling the specific providers should solve this, for this go to control panel>Add/change programs>avast>change/remove>change, then uncheck the email providers that you don't want."

I was talking about removing the email provider, but as you correctly stopped/ terminated it, the there no need.

Thanks so much for a response. Have a great weekend.

No problem, have a nice weekend also :wink:

–lee