Cant send or recieve mail with OE using avast 4.6 home ed

Ive just installed avast and it seems to be running well.

Only problem is I get this message when I try to send or recieve mail with Outlook Express

The connection to the server has failed. Account: ‘pop.ntlworld.com’, Server: ‘127.0.0.1’, Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

Make sure that the Avast components have access to the net in your firewall

You can Google for the error. Test 0x800CCC0E searching. For instance.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q191687

Which is your operational system? XP?

no its Windows 98

If you have Windows 98\Me, the change of the login settings is normal while using avast. See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=display;board=2;threadid=7913;start=0#msg64228

With Win98 SE you should have:

pop3 server= smtp server = 127.0.0.1
username = mail.server.coml#user or mail.server.com#user@server.com
smtp authentication enabled and the username there = mail.server.coml#user or mail.server.com#user@server.com

thanks but that doesnt seem to have made any difference

I just had to run Mail Protection Wizard ;D