I am running 4.5 home - where do I find the mail protection wizard - it usex to be in teh menu tree with all the avast options in the windows xp program menu - now it isnt there- help!

In Windows XP there is no mail protection wizard anymore.
Your e-mail programms are covered automatically!

Avast now handles mail protection tranparantly on NT based systems (XP/NT/2K/2K3), no more need for the MPW

The version 4.5 has a new mail detection that will work automatically. Please, set up your email account just as avast does not exists. It will detect the pop3/smpt/imap ports and scan your messages. Can you make a try and see if it’s ok? Thanks.

New email detection is automatic and do not require user interaction. Anyway, spam killer applications need manually change email account settings :wink:

How do you do this? I have four eMail-Accounts using Thunderbird 1.0 behind Spam-Pal (127.0.0.1 - localhost):

[Thunderbird ↔ SpamPal ↔ Provider]

Thunderbird-Settings:

  1. POP3: localhost: 1110 (SpamPal)

  2. IMAP: localhost: 1143 (SpamPal)

  3. IMAP: imap.myaccount.de: 993 (SSL No SpamPal)

  4. POP3: pop.provider.de: 110 (No SpamPal)

  5. and 2. seems to work. 3. and 4 No scanning eMail. Setup with Standard (Win XP SP1).

What is setup in avast! - in the .ini ?

Thanks
Roland

SSL is not supported by Avast.

Mail protection wizard or not , with latest thunderbird it does not seem to be working:( alas

Why?
Which is your configuration? Firewall, OS, etc.
For me, works like a charm!
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