Email problem

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi guys,

Just updated to the latest version, v4.7.892. One little glitch.

I use pop peeper to check various email accounts and since updating to the new version of Avast I could not access my Adelphia (pop) and my AOl(IMAP) accounts using pop peeper.

War1 at the pop peeper forums advised me to disable or uncheck “scan inbound mail” in both POP and IMAP and that fixed the problem. I could then access all my accounts using pop peeper.

I was wondering if something changed in the newest version of Avast to cause this problem. All earlier versions of Avast had the box to scan inbound mail in both POP and IMAP checked and I had no problems with pop peeper.

Should I just leave both of those boxes unchecked if I want to use pop peeper?

If so, how would I get Avast to scan these email accounts?

Thanks,

John

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If they worked before, check your firewall (which is ?) and ensure that it allows ashMaiSv.exe access.

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DavidR,

Thanks. That apparently was the problem.

I use Zone Alarm free and Avast email scanner service had somehow changed from allow to “ask”.

After changing it back to “allow” Avast and Pop Peeper are working great together.

Why didn’t I think of that fix?

That’s why you guys get paid the big bucks! Huh?

Seriously, thanks for helping.

John

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John,

just so you can appreciate David’s help even more … he is just another avast user, not part of Alwil Software and volunteers his advice based on his wealth of knowledge of avast to help others.

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Your welcome, you can send the big bucks to xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx ;D I’m just an avast user like many other who help on these forums and yourself ;D

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DavidR,

You might be “just an Avast user” but you’re like Yogi,
“smarter than the average bear” hey Boo Boo!

I better wrap this up so you can get on with helping guys like me.

alanrf, Thanks for the heads up about DavidR. Even though he volunteers his advice he should still get the big bucks and so I will send out a check to xxxxxx xx xxxxxx.

Thanks,

John