Saturday 28 April 2007

How do you configure the McAfee firewall with IncrediMail?

A firewall is a computer security application thatprotects your computer
by preventing unwanted intrusion from and to theInternet.

If the McAfee firewall is installed on your computer,
it needs to be configuredcorrectly so that IncrediMail is able to
send andreceive your email. To do so, please follow these simple steps:



1.Right click the 'McAfee Security Center' icon in your system tray and select 'Open SecurityCenter' .

2. At this point, the 'McAfee SecurityCenter' dialog opens. Click 'Personal Firewall+'
and select 'View the Internet Applications List' .


3. At this point, the 'McAfee Personal Firewall Plus' dialog opens.Click 'New Allowed Application' and browse to the following location: C:\Program Files\IncrediMail\bin

Note: If youinstalled IncrediMail in another location, browse tothat location.


  1. Select each of the following IncrediMail processes in turn and click 'Open' :
    • IMApp.exe
    • IncMail.exe
    • ImNotify.exe
    • ImpCnt.exe

Note: You can only add one process at a time. After clicking 'Open', click 'New Allowed Application' again to add the otherprocesses.


  1. Once all the processes have been added, simply close the McAfee dialog. Your McAfee firewall is now configured to work correctly with IncrediMail.

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