Use Thunderbird 1.0.7 and xp home sp2, Downloaded avast today. Default setup, terminated outlook/exchange in config. It works fine when getting pop3 mail from 1. (default) account. When I try 2. POP3 account, it “hangs” when rec. first email. The avast icon stop spinning. If I go into setting, Internet epost, POP3 and disable pop3, then I can rec pop3 from the 2. account. Have read FAQ and tried to search, but did not find any hints. It looks as if one use more than 1 email account, then there is some extra setting?
rgds
It shouldn’t…
With Windows XP it should be transparently (you’ll use the same settings as you’re not using avast as antivirus).
You can use (I do) as many pop3 accounts as you want with the same settings, although, any of the emails is SSL protected, or you use a different port than the standard ones (110 and 143 for imap), etc.
Thanks reply. Now bouth account hangs. If there i more that 1 email, then it hangs. Forgot to say that I also use Zonealarm firewall ver 5. I do not use SSL.
rgds
This is strage. I disabled the POP3 and got all mail (one account over 50 mail). Enabeled pop3 again and sent 2 short test-mail to bouth account, and now I could rec them. It looks as it is somthing with the email that stopps it. The one that “hangs” rec mail from a few mailing-list.
If this is the case, it seems not avast related.
Anyway, check if into the firewall settings C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe is allowed to connect.
To me it looks as Avast is causing problem. I can rec small messages. Sometimes I get 2 or 3 messages and then it hangs. Has tried several times. If I then disable POP3 in Avast, I rec all messages with first try. Have tried this sevaral times. Have send a few short email to myself and that works fine, but when I later try when there are some larger messages. it stops with the first message or maybe I get a few and the it hangs. Without avast I do not have any problem to get email. I will try a few more days and if this problem continus I just have to give up.
rgds