Actually, both ZA and ZA Pro allow you to control what gains access to
the Internet. Open up the ZA Control center. On the left side is a list
of items. Open the "Program Control" item and you will see a list of
items that can/cannot/ or ask before getting access to the internet.
Very easy to use.

Problem is, most people who have ZA have not dug into it to see all of
its features. I had it for 6 months before I found this!

Jean Bourvic

Don Penlington wrote:

> Lewis wrote:
>
>> there must be a way to keep Zone Alarm active while letting me still
>> let me access my mail>>
>
>
>
> One of the bad things about ZA is its poor, (read practically
> non-existent)
> user interface.
>
> I can't see any way to reset permission for a specific program,
> either.  At
> some stage it seems you must have ticked the box denying access to
> OE.  Once having done that, I don't see any way of granting permission
> later.  As it says, you "set it and forget it".  That's all very well as
> long as you don't want to change it.
>
> I suggest you uninstall, then re-install, ZA.  Be careful at the
> beginning,
> during its learning period, that you allow internet access to OE.
> This may
> have to be set during the installation or first run. From memory, I
> seem to
> remember that the initial setup Wizard offers you permissions to certain
> known programs such as your emailer and browser. I'd be inclined also
> to do
> a good registry clean afet uninstalling, just in case ZA happens to keep
> its settings in some registry entry, and might pick up the old
> settings on
> a new install. Unlikely, but you never know.
>
> However, I'm not totally sure that the error message you report is
> actually
> a ZA problem.  It's possible that this is a completely unrelated OE
> problem, and that it's just a strange coincidence that it occurred at the
> same time as your install of ZA. Check out other possibilities.  Can't
> help
> you further along that track, as I've never used OE.
>
> Strange things can sometimes happen in computer-land, where the
> obvious is
> rarely seen, and the obscure is commonplace.
>
> If all else fails, try another firewall.  Many knowledgeable people who
> have had similar ZA problems report that they prefer the Kerio or Sygate
> free firewalls.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
>
>
>
>
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