SMTP not working through Outlook

Hi, I have been working for months with Qwest and MSN Partners trying to get my POP3 account to ‘Send’ E-Mails through Outlook. The last contact with Qwest we found that if I turned off avast, the system worked. I have read Forum, and there similar threads, but they are not detailed enough for me to understand.

I’m not sure what the blue avast Outlook plugin splash is. So I must not have it?

I went into: Outlook 2003 > Help > About > Disabled items. and I’m not sure what I am looking for. there is one item: An addin for avast, ashoutxt.dll. When i highlight it, it asks if I want to enable it.

Please don’t post duplicate topics for the same question is just duplicates effort for those trying to help. I have answered your original topic, http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30217.0.