Mail Wizzard

Hi,

I just dumped AVG for Avast Home Edition 4.8 and so far am not sorry.

In the help it says there’s a “Mail Protection Wizard” and you get to it by clicking “Start ® Programs ® avast! Antivirus ® Mail Protection Wizard” but I don’t see it.
I use Windows Live Mail but unless I’ve missed it, there’s no mention of it in the help. Is something in my install missing??? Can I assume Avast is protecting it???

Thanks in advance
Abb N

Which is your Windows? XP? Vista?
The Mail Protection Wizard is only necessary with Windows 9x and Me.

I think it can only be scanned by WebShield as it is a webmail service.
Does it use https or http?

Hi,

I’m running Vista

Windows Live Mail is Microsoft’s replacement for Outlook Express - new name, nicer interface (matter of opinion), but underneath it all, it’s still Outlook Express…

Many Thanks
Abb N

So, if it is a POP3/SMTP email program, it will be scanned by Internet Mail provider.
Which is your email provider? (@what?) (Gmail?)

I guess you’re not familiar with Outlook Express - it’s a very strip down version of Outlook that has the ability to read news in Newsgroups (something that Outlook lacks)

To answer your question, POP3/SMTP, just Like Outlook

Many Thanks
Abb

In fact I’ve used it for more than 10 years :wink:
I’m not familiar with Windows Live Mail indeed.

Ok, so Internet Mail provider will scan some emails.
Does your mail use SSL (secure) connections?

Hi,

I think Windows Live Mail is a Vista thing - Vista’s version of Outlook Express because my other computer has XP and it hasn’t updated Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail…yet!!! (I have another post called “Multiple computers, multiple license keys?” regarding it because I want to dump AVG on it for Avast)

As for your question, NO SSL

Many Thanks
Abb N

Confirm my previous answers.
I’ve answered your other thread also.

Windows Live Mail is not Vista specific - you can download and install it in earlier operating systems (like XP).

On Vista Windows Live Mail has replaced the dead end Windows Mail that was especially developed for Vista.

If you are running the avast Internet Mail provider then it will automatically scan any email received on the standard (non-secured) POP port 110, mail received on the standard (non-secured) IMAP port 143 and email sent out on the standard (non-secured) port 25.

In Windows Live Mail there is an extra category of email - Hotmail. Hotmail accounts in Windows Live Mail are not accessed by any email method - they are accessed via a proprietary secure access method of Microsoft called DeltaSync. Nobody and no antivirus can scan that connection.

If you access emails or send them via a secured connection port then avast cannot scan those connections and you must not try to make avast do so - it will fail. At present with avast the scanning of email on secured connections requires the assistance of a third party free program called STunnel to manage the secure connections while allowing avast to scan the emails.

How does it replace Windows Mail? Changing (deleting) files or just installing side-by-side?

In another thread one Vista user reported that Microsoft automatic updates had actually replaced Windows Mail. I find that one unlikely. My wording was imprecise I should have said:

In Vista Windows Live Mail is the upgrade path from the dead end Windows Mail that was especially developed for Vista (and is needed if, for example, you want to access a new free Hotmail account which you cannot do with Windows Mail).

In the earlier operating systems Windows Live mail is the upgrade path from Outlook Express (and is needed if, for example, you want to access a new free Hotmail account which you cannot do with Outlook Express).

I’m still not convinced I had to have it installed just in case… I use MS Outlook 2007 due to my pocket pc synchronization.

Ah but you paid good money to MS for the right use Outlook 2007 so they allow Outlook to access all Hotmail accounts (just like the free Windows Live Mail).

Since I do NOT want to have messages with .exe attachments in my Outlook Express thrown out, I would like to find a way to SHUT off the AVAST filter that does this – Help file says there whould be a “Mail Wizard” that would allow me to set this - but I do not have it. Any suggestions??
Thank you.
Peter S

avast does not do this - Outlook Express does.

There is no Mail Wizard for users of modern Windows operating systems (Win 2000, Win XP, Vista).

As I recall to force Outlook Express to accept .exe files requires a registry change for OE. I will see if I can find it.

The registry change was to override it in Outlook.

In Outlook Express go to Tools > Options > Security tab > Uncheck the box “do not allow attachments to be opened …”

In this case, it is avast, I just tested sending an exe file to myself anf this is what pooped up:

Click image to enlarge

I used Outlook Express on a Windows XP Sp3 System with the latest avast! home version.

My company did :wink:
This notebook is used, mostly, to work.

I would also like to know which part of avast causes this message.
Thanks

See the previous message for the image :
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=40354.msg338013#msg338013