>>>>Hi,
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>>>>Today I see a message, when loading Outlook, that Office 365 was being updated. F-ing MS does not even ask if I want to.
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>>>>After this update, I cannot receive Gmail emails in my Outlook, Unless I disable Avast (the AV). Note that messages can be sent but not received. The Outlook shows the error "The server does not support the connection encryption type you have specified."
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>>>>In the Outlook, the gmail accounts have the Incoming server (POP3) set to 995 and the box This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) is checked.
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>>>>Then I looked at the Avast settings (attached is an image). I found a message online that says to CLEAR all the port number in these settings. I want to understand the ramifications before I do.
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>>>>Any suggestions, please?
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>>>I'm disqualified, because I'd suggest to use Thunderbird. Ignore this message.
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>>I can't ignore it. Would Thunderbird work in Windows 7?
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>As Dragan wrote, not only there but in Linux as well. Used to have it in my XP VM, but as there were mutterings it won't be supported in XP for a long future I moved from there. The config files are great as they allow you to point your archive anywhere you want, which makes backup easy. Outlook is better with calendar and scheduling, but I prefer to be able to say NO myself without somebody pointing out that I have not scheduled that time slot ;-)))

Thank you for your input. Right now I just need to resolve this issue between Outlook and Avast. The problem was not there 2 days ago and it is now. Of course a simple solution is to remove Avast plug-in from Outlook. But then all incoming emails are not checked. And although I don't open unknown emails one never knows.
I still think there has to be a solution to the original problem.