You sure you are using the right ports and your firewall isn't blocking them?

>Hi all
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>I thought I'd try Avast on a PC. (Couldn't find the free AVG link anymore)
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>On a windows XP computer I've installed it ok but
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>when the mail shield is on outlook express will not connect to the mail server if I turn it off it connects no problem.
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>Any ideas what I can do about this ?
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>Thanks
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>Nick