- Go to the Start Menu and Choose "All Programs."

- Then select "AVG Free Edition" and click on "AVG Free Control Center."

- Click on the button labeled E-mail Scanner.

- Once the Email-Scanner window opens click on the "Properties" button.

- Within the Personal E-mail Scanner Setup window, choose the "Servers" tab.

- In the area labeled "Email Server Proxy List," make sure the "POP3" option is selected.Then click the "Modify button."

- Make sure the "Connection" option is selected along the left. Then UNCHECK the option labled "Activate this server and use for sending/recieving e-mail."

- Click the okay button on each of the windows that were opened (Should be three times).
- Once the configuration is complete you may see a warning similar to the one below. This is just because you are not using AVG's email servers. You can ignore this message.

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