Hi, my gmail.com account just got upgraded so I can use POP3 access. ;D

Now my problem. When checking with Thunderbird and Avast 4.5, I get a timeout.

I am using Windows XP SP2, Thunderbird 0.9 I edited the Avast4.ini file with the following info.

IgnoreLocalhost=0
PopRedirectPort=110,995,1110,1120
SmtpRedirectPort=25,215,225,587

Under POPRedirect, 110, is for my ISP email accounts, 995 is for gmail (gmail uses secure connections), 1110 is for Hotmail Popper, 1120 is for yahoo pops.

Everythings works except when accessing gmail.

Edit: (I could access gmail with Thunderbird before I added the 995 to the PopRedirectPort Setting)

Am I missing a setting somewhere?

Thanks in advaced for any help.

Gordon

PS. GREAT Jop Alwil and the Avast Team for all your help and a great Product.

In short, the avast mail scanner doesn’t support SSL (it has never had).

Ok, thanks for the quick reply.

So there is no way to have the gmail account scanned with Avast?

Will there be any way in the future?

So there is no way to have the gmail account scanned with Avast?

Not if Gmail is SSL only. I’m not sure about that.

Will there be any way in the future?

Maybe. It would require quite some work though. :slight_smile:

From gmail about setting up your accounts:


Select ‘Server Settings’ listed beneath your new account.

Check the box next to ‘Use secure connection (SSL),’ and ensure that ‘995’ appears in the ‘Port:’ field.

Select ‘Outgoing Server (SMTP)’ listed beneath your new account.

Verify that ‘smtp.gmail.com’ appears in the ‘Server Name:’ field.

Check the box next to ‘Use name and password,’ and enter your Gmail username (including ‘@gmail.com’) in the ‘User Name:’ field.

Select ‘TLS’ under ‘Use secure connection,’ and click 'OK.


I tried changing things back to normal and not using SSL with gmail POP access, but nope, would not connect to gmail.com. Had to turn SSL back on and set the ports accordingly

Only can access gmail using POP access if you use SSL so I took the 995 and 587 out the redirect settings and everything is working again, but just not scanning with avast. :‘( :’(

I really hope this is something that can be added in the future to Avast.

Gordon

Gordon, you can use GMail with MS Outlook (not Express) or The Bat?
There you could use SSL connections:
See: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=8607;start=45

Hope this helps :wink:

I can use gmail with Thunderbird, the email client is not the problem.

Avast will not and from what VLK said can not access email with SSL, so I can download it with any email client, but Avast is not able to scan it.

Gordon

gwheaton
Did you even look ath the Thread that Technical referred you to?
Under Outlook and The Bat, SSL is supported. That’s what the plugin is for.

Yes, I did, I have Outlook 2003, Hate it. I have looked at the Bat and really did not like it either. Have used Pocomail for a long time and have just started using Thunderbird. But neither one of them will work with SSL. :cry: (Let me restate that, they work with SSL, but avast will not scan them because of the SSL)

Guess I don’t understand if they can support SSL in The Bat and Outlook, why the On Access scanner for email can’t.

Beyond me, but will either look for other solutions or just drop gmail. Was really looking forward to gmail since they were letting you use POP access. I wanted to stop using my Hotmail and Yahoo accounts and switch everthing to gmail. Guess not, that or switch to a different Anti-Virus that will support it. (Don’t really want to do that either.)

gwheaton

Beyond me, but will either look for other solutions or just drop Gmail.
Why drop Gmail? Avast on access scanner does eventually scan anything accessed anyway so your still protected. It just occurs after the fact instead of before. ;D

Would rather have it scanned when it comes in, so I know where the virus is coming from. If it is after the fact, fine, GREAT, it’s caught, but would be wondering where it came from. ie: Something I installed, email, where ever else.

Hope Alwil can/will get Avast to scan SSL with out a lot of work.

Seems identical but, in fact, the plugins have a complete different way of managing the emails than the providers, it’s a lot of work :-\ :cry: