A quick scan of Foxmail shows that it includes a Hotmail POP3 proxy. That means it is another example of a program that reads the Hotmail messages via http and translates them into a POP3 stream delivered via localhost.

Avast! still does not provide clear and consistent information to users of these services on how to configure Avast! so that this POP3 mail stream may be scanned.

If Foxmail uses localhost and port 110 then the easiest way to ensure that this mail is scanned is to edit the Avast4.ini file (most likely found in Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast\DATA folder). In the section headed:

[MailScanner]

add a line:

IgnoreLocalhost=0

If there is no [MailScanner] section then just create it.

The mail client would then just be set up as normal (and as if Avast! were not involved). I have tested this with a number of different webmail POP3 proxy programs (YahooPops, MrPostman and FreePops using a number of webmail services) and Avast! has scanned all of the mail successfully - including adding the “scanned by Avast!” text.