You may want to consider upgrading to Avast 4.5 beta. url=http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=8044;start=0[/url] It has another way to deal with meal (accounts) and many other fixes/changes, If you do so, setup the mail account(s) in OE as if Avast wasn’t there. Avast will automaticly take care of it.