Complicated Mind

I’ve been using Gmail POP3 and Thunderbird for a while, until I realize my current antivirus software is not checking the mail that I received and sent. So I start searching the Internet and found out that my current antivirus software has compability issues with Thunderbird. You can check it in this link.

Fortunately I have Avast! installed in my PC (I work all this thing in my laptop). So I uninstall my current antivirus software and install Avast!

I play around with Avast! configuration so it could scan my incoming and outgoing email from Gmail. But I have no luck. So I start searching again and found the solution in Avast! Web Forum. And this is how it’s done!

Software that I use: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 Avast! 4.6 Home Edition Win32 OpenSSL Stunnel 4.10 and of course a Gmail account :p

1. Install Mozzila Thunderbird
2. Set up a new account in Mozzila Thunderbird In POP setting use this: login: yourlogin@gmail.com server: 127.0.0.1 port: 10995 security protocol : none (”secure connection (SSL)” unchecked and “secure authenticate” unchecked) In SMTP setting use this: login: yourlogin@gmail.com server: 127.0.0.1 port: 10587 security protocol : none (”secure connection” : “none” checked)
3. Install Avast! 4.6 Home Edition
4. Install Win32 OpenSSL
5. Put the stunnel-4.10.exe in any directory. I put it in C:\stunnel Create a new file with notepad and named it stunnel.conf The content of the stunnel.conf is like this: 95c01aa0f26744e2d062301dc70a1236 don’t forget to save the file :p
6. Find a file avast.ini in Avast! installation directory. Find the mail scanner section and edit it like this: 9ecffeff731106453a514f6c0e06d26d save the file and done

Now your incoming and ouotgoing mail from Gmail that POP-ed using Thunderbird will be scan for viruses by Avast!