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- | =====Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes===== | + | ======Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes====== |
- | Sometimes people want to be able to access their office VPOP3 mail server from a remote site. | + | Sometimes people want to be able to access their office VPOP3 mail server from a remote site or mobile phone etc. |
- | ====With a permanent Internet connection==== | + | These instructions assume |
- | If you have a permanent connection | + | |
- | By default VPOP3 2.0.0 and later will //refuse// access to email for anyone connecting from outside the local network, so this will need to be opened up. The easiest way to do this is to go to '' | + | =====Router/ |
+ | First you need to set your router | ||
- | In VPOP3 2.4.0 and later, click on the '' | + | This includes if you are using a software firewall, such as the Windows firewall, or other Internet |
- | In earlier versions of VPOP3, add the line '' | + | With the Windows firewall or Internet security software, you may need to 'allow' |
+ | =====VPOP3 Configuration===== | ||
+ | By default VPOP3 will // | ||
- | Note do NOT simply allow access to anyone to your VPOP3 SMTP service, this will lead to you making VPOP3 into an open relay. Instead you will need to [[Allowing Mail Relay Through vPOP3|set | + | ====VPOP3 6.0 or later==== |
+ | In VPOP3 6.0 or later, go to **Services -> POP3** (or **Services -> IMAP4**, or **Services -> Webmail**, as appropriate). Then, go to the **IP Access Restrictions** tab. Press the **Add** button. Choose **Allow** and **Type: Any Host**, then in the **Allowed Users** box, either leave it unchanged to allow any user to access | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | Screenshot from VPOP3 v7.0 | ||
- | ====Without | + | ====VPOP3 3.0 to 5.0==== |
+ | In VPOP3 3.0 to 5.0, go to **Services -> POP3** (or **Services -> IMAP4**, or **Services -> Webmail**, as appropriate). Then, go to the **IP Access Restrictions** tab. Press the **Add New Restriction** link. Choose **Allow** and **Type: Any Host**, then in the **Allowed Users** box, either leave it blank to allow any user to access the VPOP3 service from the Internet, or enter a list of VPOP3 usernames, separated by spaces, to just allow those users to access VPOP3 from the Internet. | ||
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+ | ====VPOP3 2.4 to 2.6==== | ||
+ | In VPOP3 2.4 to 2.6, go to Services -> POP3 (or other service as appropriate), | ||
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+ | ====VPOP3 2.3 or earlier==== | ||
+ | In earlier versions of VPOP3, go to Services -> POP3 (or other service as appropriate), | ||
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+ | ====SMTP==== | ||
+ | Note do NOT simply allow access to anyone to your VPOP3 SMTP service, this will lead to you making VPOP3 into an open relay. Instead you will need to [[Allowing Mail Relay Through vPOP3|set the SMTP service access restrictions]] to limit access to your users alone. | ||
- | If you do not have a permanent connection to the Internet, then the user will need to dial directly into the VPOP3 computer or another computer on the network. This only works reliably if the dial-inserver is running Windows NT, Windows 2000 or later versions. | + | =====Email client settings===== |
+ | For the user to access their mail, they connect to the Internet, and use your external Internet IP address assigned by your ISP. | ||
- | ===Dial-in | + | If your office has a static IP address on the Internet, then you can simply use that address as the server |
- | You need to install the '' | + | See also: [[determining_vpop3_server_address|Determining your VPOP3 server address]]. |
- | If the Remote Access Server is running on the VPOP3 computer itself, then you only need to allow inward access | + | If you have a static IP address and want computers to be able to work from both inside and outside your network, you MAY be able to use the external IP address in both cases if your router supports [[http:// |
- | ===Dial-in server using Windows 2000 (Professional, | + | If your office has a dynamic IP address, then you need to use a ' |
- | You need to install the dial-in server portion of Windows 2000. Do this by going to '' | + | If you have any problems with DNS entries (either static or dynamic) then we can help you set them up, but as it is not a VPOP3 problem it will be a [[http:// |
- | If the '' | + | {{tag> |