"Chaining" avast! 4, Becky! Internet Mail and POPFile

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I get totally confused when it comes to port settings, etc., and it took me awhile to get my e-mail client and spam filter to work together, so you can imagine how much hair I’ve pulled out trying to get avast! into the mix, as well, to scan my e-mail.

Here are my current e-mail settings:
POP Mail Server: localhost
SMTP Server: smtp.earthlink.net
SMTP Port: 25
POP3 Port: 123

POPFile settings:
POP3 Listen Port: 123

(I’m using 123 as POP port since I have Hotmail Popper listening on 110 to pull Hotmail into Becky! e-mail, as well.)

I’m at a total loss as to how to add avast! into this setup. Anyone? ???
TIA

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I’m also trying to chain Avast with Frontgate MX Spam filter. I suspect the answer will apply to that combination also.

Jim bUDLER

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This change will put avast POP3 scanner between Becky! and POPFile:

in e-mail settings:
POP3 Port: 124
POP3 username: append #localhost:123 to your original name

in file C:\Program Files\ALWIL Software\Avast4\Data\Avast4.ini, section [MailScanner]:
PopListen=127.0.0.1:124

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No go, I’m afraid. Changing the POP port in the e-mail client to 124 and changing the username as suggested (now giving the awkward pop.mindspring.com:username#localhost:123 as the field), as well as adding in the PopListen line (which didn’t exist previously) as suggested only gets me an error that the e-mail client couldn’t connect to server (localhost).

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Just in followup, please don’t take any more time trying to help me troubleshoot this, as I’ve decided to revert to my previous AV and uninstall avast! … it’s much too awkward and slows the system down too much for my taste. Thanks for your help.