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==Why is Shareaza Sending email?==

Shareaza is '''not ''' actually sending email. Some firewalls (such as <nowiki>ZoneAlarm</nowiki>) and some antivirus packages (such as Avast) monitor every port used. Port 25 is commonly used by SMTP servers for email. Shareaza has the ability to use a random port every time it is started or the port can be chosen by the user. When you connect to somebody who uses port 25 it is detected by these applications, which think that Shareaza is sending email. This is a bug which lies within these applications and this '''very common ''' false alarm is generated by <nowiki>ZoneAlarm</nowiki>. It is because of these applications' inability to distinguish email traffic from regular internet traffic, which many other firewalls already do. Complain to [http://www.zonelabs.com ZoneLabs] about it, if you like.

==How can I stop Shareaza from using Port 25?==

The problem more than likely doesn't exist on your computer. These programs think Shareaza is sending email because it is connecting to '''other''' network users who are using port 25.