Just as a by the way ... the forums of avast are far less authoritarian and, in my judgment, more valuable in their participation than those of AVG.
On Jan 8, 2:02 am, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > I suspect you are correct in your assessment of the concern. > > I guess you missed my sticky post in the AVG 7.x email forums that > told you how to get the emails received through services like this > scanned - I have not bothered to look at AVG 8 which seemed to move > most of the moderators in the Thunderbird forums to recommend against > using it. It was certainly not the prettiest of solutions (rather > like the way AVG later provided for scanning secure server > connections). The scanning solution was done much more elegantly in > the anti-virus I far prefer - avast (just check one box in the GUI) > and avast scans all my emails received through the Webmail extensions. > > In the case of NOD32 ... some time ago I registered in their service > to help out another Thunderbird user with problems. Of course I did > not pay for the product and I doubt they will give me another trial > period so soon to see how their product works. > > On Jan 8, 1:38 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Alan, > > I think Julian's question was actually about getting NOD32 to scan > > emails received with the extensions. Rather than complaining that NOD32 > > is interfering with the extensions, he thinks that it doesn't do enough. > > If I recall, this is the same for all email virus scanners, as the > > server through which the mail last passes is localhost, an internal > > server on your computer, the scanner assumes there is no threat and > > doesn't scan mails. Certainly my AVG doesn't scan incoming mail through > > the extensions. > > > alanrf wrote: > > > I am not a user of NOD32. > > > > However, I get the impression from other post here that it may be the > > > cause of problems with the Webmail extensions/add-ons in the default > > > configuration. > > > > Please think about trying the following steps: > > > > The default configuration for the Webmail extension is to use the > > > ports 110 for POP (receiving email) and 25 for SMTP (sending email). > > > > If NOD32 is (let's be polite) causing issues with these ports then it > > > may be well to try different port numbers that may not be interferred > > > with by NOD32. > > > > Port numbers are (for email anyway) not magic ... they are just > > > numbers. > > > > So may I suggest that you try this .... > > > > In the main Webmail extension change the POP port to say 2110 and the > > > SMTP port to 2025 > > > > Then in your Hotmail or Yahoo account in the Thunderbird settings > > > change the POP port for the account from 110 to 2110 and in the SMTP > > > entry for the account change the port from 25 to 2025. > > > > Does this help at all? > > > > On Jan 7, 5:08 pm, julian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am using nod32 v 3.0.669.0 as my complete internet security > > >> solution. I really like it but the only problem I am having is that > > >> nod32 will not scan any of the incoming mails. I ran a e-mail test > > >> called GFI Email Security Test and all of the e-mails got downloaded. > > >> The only time it blocked them is when I tried to open the attachments. > > >> Also in the system overview it says Email Protection, number of emails > > >> scanned 0. What can I do to fix this? Thanks in advance. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG -http://www.avg.com > > > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1881 - Release Date: 1/7/2009 > > > 5:59 PM > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
