hi all.
The on-access protection of internet mail, how can I make this work with my gmail account?
thanks.
Take a look here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10428.0 to see how to set up secure email with avast!.
There is an explanation of this here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=28150.msg229981#msg229981
Since SSL/TLS e-mail is encrypted and decrypted in the client, external virus scanners (including avast!) can’t read or scan it.
The solution is to pass e-mail in and out un-encrypted from your client (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, …) to a proxy program (Stunnel) that does the actual ssl or tls encryption/decryption of the pop3/smtp e-mail and communicates directly with the ISP server on the appropriate ports. Download here: http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html
If you do want your Googlemail/Gmail received by Thunderbird and scanned then there is another alternative to STunnel. You can use the Thunderbird Webmail extensions to retrieve your GMail for you - with the Thunderbird GMail extension and unchecking the ‘Ignore local communication’ in the Redirect tab of settings of avast Internet Mail provider you can receive and send GMail and have it scanned by avast as a regular POP account.
oh ok cool thanks,I’ll work on it now.
Feel free to come back any time you need further help.