"BP" <replytoall@only.net> wrote in message
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> Good to know.
> But I would still like to know why I can't change the ports in OE.

But you said that you did change the ports in OE. The problem is not in OE but
in your antivirus. OE doesn't care what port you use, but your ISP's mail
server does. If the server is not allowing connections on any ports other than
25 and 110, then you cannot expect OE to connect, or any other email program
for that matter.

I'm not familiar with the specifics of AVG antivirus, but if it's similar to
most AV scanners it creates a proxy server on your machine. The proxy connects
to the ISP on ports 25/110, then OE or any other email client connects to the
proxy, not directly to the ISP. So once again, the problem seems to lie in AVG
and not in Outlook Express.

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