Turn off firewall?

I am running ESS version 4. Just installed a wireless router with security enabled and am no longer hard wired to my cable modem. Under this setup, I think I have read that it is okay to turn off the ESS firewall. When I do, though, my system tray icon goes to orange indicating a problem. Is there a way to turn off the firewall without the program lodging this objection? Do not want to go back to straight AV as I like the spam module and how it works in TBird.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

Why not uninstall ESS and run EAV? I don't think there's away around the alert unfortunately.

One another note, I still push Windows firewall on PC's behind routers, you might just want to keep ESS firewall on for an extra gate.

 

As I said, I do not want to lose the spam module.

 

you can apply the rule to allow all traffic, see this kb article.

 

hi,

you may disable firewall in this section
(see this image)
http://www.bitminho.com/public/forumimages/SystemIntegration.jpg

 

true. and your icon system tray icon will stay bluish