pop3 & smtp scan

system · 2007-01-14T08:33:32.000Z

I am using Avast Free edition for home use. Performance is good. My question is, when I use pop3 and SMTP in Outlook express using port 110 and 25 respectively, it is scanning. But when I am using 995 & 465 port then it is not scanning. those are secure ports for gmail server. Is there any option to scan 995 & 465 ports also ? I tried to scan those ports by entering those port numbers in Internet mail->Redirect option. But it did not work, waiting for a long time. I mentioned the ports for pop3 as 110,995 and SMTP as 25,465, but it is not working. Is there any solution ?

oldman960 · 2007-01-14T08:59:32.000Z

You said your gmail is secure. Avast, no any other av can scan secure mail due to the encryption. You need a 3rd party program like stunnel. A search on this forum will give you more info on downloading, setting up and running stunnel.

Lisandro · 2007-01-14T12:22:34.000Z

First of all, it’s not possible because Gmail uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connections. Avast mail scanner doesn’t support SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connections. But take a look here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10428.0 to see how to set up secure email with avast!.

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. Another drivers (OpenSSL) are need as a library of encryption/decryption routines.

Stunnel now comes as an installer which installs Open SSL and Stunnel so now you just have to download the installer version from here http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html

Feel free to ask for further help 8)

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