Just a quick question here, I was looking through Avast! 6 and I noticed that it does not scan Outlook 2010. Is there something I need to do in the settings to allow it to scan? If you need more info I can provide it! Thanks!
Yes, disable encryption and leave the ports at normal (25,110,143)
In order for mail to be scanned by the Mail Shield, it is [b]necessary that encryption is turned off in your Mail Client.[/b]Outgoing Mail
The outgoing unencrypted email will first be scanned by the Mail Shield. If the type of encryption is specified on this page, a secure connection will be established and the mail will be sent encrypted to the Mail Server (if the type of encryption has been specified as “None”, the mail will be sent unencrypted). If nothing is specified on this page for a particular mail account, the Mail Shield will check whether the Mail Server supports encryption. If it does, a new rule will be created automatically and the mail will be encrypted and sent to the Mail Server.
Incoming Mail
As the secure connection is established between the Mail Shield and the Mail Server, incoming mail can be unencrypted when it is received by the Mail Shield and scanned before it is delivered to the Mail Client.
If encryption is not turned off in the Mail Client, the Mail Shield will be unable to scan the content of either incoming or outgoing mail. This means that although the connection will be secure, the mail cannot be scanned by avast! and is therefore unprotected.
Avast! is not maybe compatible with the Outlook 2010. You can try to repair avast! (Control panels > Uninstall programs > Avast! > Repair) or you maybe make something wrong with settings, have you both outgoing/incoming message testings enabled? BTW sorry, but i don’t have mail on my computer so this thing could be total stupidity but - try to add SSL account.
Avast is perfectly compatible with Outlook 2010 (minus the toolbar gimmick).
Here is the default settings with Avast. I changed nothing cause I don’t know if it needs changing
Need the email client settings screenshot.
This?
Well, Avast mail shield does NOT scan MAPI, just IMAP, POP3 and SMTP.
Alright so it won’t scan Outlook using Windows Live Account. Thanks for the help!
You are welcome.
P.S. Note that the attachments will still get scanned on access by filesystem shield.
I finally got Avast! to scan my emails via Outlook 2010. I had to manually configure Windows Live POP3