Yes, it is safe to remove the ashdisp startup entry.
I’m afraid I won’t help you with the second question… I don’t know much about email settings; hopefully some other experts appear soon.
Yes, it is safe to remove the ashdisp startup entry.
I’m afraid I won’t help you with the second question… I don’t know much about email settings; hopefully some other experts appear soon.
Sorry Banzi, I haven’t followed the entire thread :-[ is this what you mean (add the user name?):-
username#smtp.**********.co.uk
Walker.
Hi Walker
What i mean is if i use the mail wizard & protect my accounts, then when i try to send mail, it constantly pops up the username & password box, the name bit has #smtp.blueyonder.co.uk, the password bit is blank, if i click ok, it pops back up, if i enter my account password, it pops back up
So to send mail, i have to edit the avast4.ini file changing UseDefaultSMTP=0 to a 1, then terminate/start the mail provider, then reboot, i have 4 accounts (1 main 1 & 3 aliases) all have the same details apart from mail addy, this feature has only ever worked once for me, i have to change it to be able to send mail (outlook express6) I am also tryin Mozilla 1.5, but i set up the protection manually in that.So if i leave it as it is, i cant send mail, if i change it, i can, im just curious as to why it was changed to use that & am i losing any protection by not using it
Cheers
BaNzI ;D
Hi BaNzi,
Forgive me if I’m getting this wrong… I’ve never had the a username/password box pop up… or are you referring to the Windows dial up one? in which case we’re talking about a Dial Up Networking configuration… yes?
Whatever, is your smtp really just showing… #smtp.blueyonder.co.uk ??? and not username#smtp.blueyonder.co.uk ???
Have you tried turning of Avast’s ‘protect new accounts’ feature and doing a manual configuration as per Avast’s help files?. It might be worth just setting up a second copy of one of your accounts manually. What is in Avast4.ini under [MailScanner] section?.
I’m only really thinking aloud with all of this, I don’t use OE but initially I can’t understand your smtp setting without a username
Walker.
Hi Walker
I have attached an image of the box i mean, i have just tried seeting them up manually, but the result is the same, it just keeps popping up that damn box every second or two ??? ??? ???
http://www.banzibaby.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Pics3/avast.jpg
I never use the protect all accounts manually after reading here that sometimes it can cause probs, all Avast does is put in #smtp.blueyonder.co.uk & sometimes leaves the password box empty or it is filled ??? ??? ???
Would really like it if Avast team could comment on this
Cheers
BaNzI ;D
Hopefully they will soon BaNzi Sorry I have no other idea’s
except that username thing :-.
Good luck,
Walker
Hi Walker
I did try putting my username in front of the #smtp bit, but it made no difference, i wasnt saying i hope Avast team can help cause i didnt like Ur help, it just that i want to try & get this fixed quickly, so no offence meant m8
Cheers
BaNzI ;D
Hi BaNzi,
Absolutely no offence taken . I just wish I had experienced that problem (now that sounds dopey eh
) so that I could relay a remedy or something
I’ll go back and read all of the thread and see if anything comes to mind, but I don’t want to interfere with the A team or Techie and Technical joining in
One quick ?.. that screen you’ve captured… is it a ‘network logon’ or ‘DUN’ ?
Walker.
If nothing else, this all keeps your problem at the top of the forum list
Hi Walker
The screenshot is what appears when i try to send mail, recieving mail works ok, just sending it that pops up that litle box, its an outlook express dialog box, i have tried it with just the #smtp bit & also with my username#smtp, still the same
All im really tryin to find out is what should be in the username & password boxes, else i have to use the UseDefaultSmtp=1 in Avast4.ini ??? ??? ???
Cheers for the help
BaNzI ;D
Hi Banzi,
Did you resolve yet ?.
Hopefully the A team are around today.
BanziBaby,
First, have you tried the variations on # vs # on the Servers tab of the account configuration screen instead of in the dialog box? Second, when I first installed avast!, version 4.0.235, I had trouble sending/receiving mail as well. Using the Mail Wizard to configure OE, either manually or automatically, just would not work for me. I found that using the format @ for the Account name resolved all the problems. Nobody has explained why it worked, and I haven’t seen any posts indicating that it has worked for anyone else. Also, I realize that you’re using 4.1 – much may have changed about the Internet Mail provider, but desparate times call for desparate measures. :-*
Regards,
Hornus
Hi Hornus
Yep i tried all that, including following the help file to the letter & still no luck, using the “DefaultSMTP=1” option also seemed to make the mail scanner lock when checking some accounts, so i had to wait till it popped up the Do U want to wait or cancel box.Persoanlly i have had enough of all the probs with Avast & have switched to NODv2 as my main resident scanner, keeping Avast as a back up on demand scanner, using msconfig & a reboot to switch between them.Seems likr the Avast Team still has a long way to go till my confidence in their product is restored, i dont mean to sound bitter, but when their prog makes it almost impossible to Use Ur PC, then its time to move on, so i cant recommend other to use it now, sorry
BaNzI ???
Of course, more information about the avast4.ini file you can see here
The avast4.ini file must be configurated as this:
[tr][td]Section and Keys[/td][td]Values[/td][td]Notes and value description[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][MailScanner][/td][td] [/td][td]Mail Protection Wizard[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DefaultPopServer[/td][td]pop.[/td][td]Default POP server (Inbound Mail)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DefaultSmtpServer[/td][td]smtp.[/td][td]Default SMTP server (Outbound Mail)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ShowTrayIcon[/td][td]1[/td][td]Shows an icon during e-mail process = 1; Hide icon = 0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AutoSetProtection[/td][td]1[/td][td]Protect new created e-mail account = 1; Do not protect = 0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]UseDefaultSmtp[/td][td]0[/td][td]If you have just more than one SMTP server = 0; Just one: 1[/td][/tr]
Anyway, Mail Protection Wizard could do the work for you. To configure your e-mail client (program) follow these steps:
You can run the Mail Protection Wizard more than once and all the changes could be reversed (‘Automatically remove protection from all my accounts’). Nowadays, the following Internet Mail Clients are supported: MS Outlook (including Outlook 2003), MS Exchange, MS Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Netscape Mail, Mozilla Mail, IncrediMail and The Bat!
Today, avast! give me a headache
Definetively, avast! 4.1.289 was freezing my XP PRO SP1 with all updates system. Task Manager showed this:
ashServ is consuming 53 Mb of RAM, with a peak of useage of 74 Mb !
More than this, page faults of ashServ rise upon 5 million (the second aplication in this range is ‘FreeRamXP Pro 1.4’, which has a peak of 66 Mb and page faults of 62.000).
Disabling residents do not affect the performance as ashServ is not turned off.
When the service ashServ is shutdown (and the aswUpdSv either), system become stable again.
I can send an email to avast! team with performance logs generated by Windows… I tryed to repair my avast! installation and get the picture bellow
I have to desinstall and install again…
Lost all my task settings and mail accounts configurations too
Anyway, I’m trying to look around the problem yet (see this forum).