"How To" Articles

• Download VPOP3
• Install VPOP3
• Move VPOP3
• Upgrade VPOP3
• Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5.x or 6.x from version 4 or earlier
• Upgrade VPOP3 to version 7.x from version 6 or earlier
• Upgrade VPOP3 to version 8 or later from version 7 or earlier
• Performance Requirements
• Installation Checklist

• Initial Configuration
• Users
• Add an Alias
• Create a Distribution List
• Create a Mailing List
• Create a Connection Method
• Incoming Mail
• Outgoing Mail
• Forward Messages to an External Address
• Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes
• Using VPOP3 with Microsoft Exchange
• Encrypt Sessions
• Incoming SMTP Feed
• Install the Status Monitor on other PCs
• How to tell VPOP3 some users in the local domain are not to be handled by VPOP3
• Handling database backups

• Accessing the VPOP3 Settings
• Remove Messages from the Outbound Queue
• Recover Deleted Messages
• Emptying a user's mailbox
• Using the Message Archive
• Using the Spam Filter
• Filtering Attachments
• Backup VPOP3
• Restore a backup of VPOP3
• Start & Stop VPOP3
• Use download rules for incoming POP3 filtering
• Use the VPOP3 Status Monitor
• Database Maintenance
• Locked Accounts
• Autoresponders / Out of Office
• Moving messages
• Performance Tuning
• Full Text Search
• Restore deleted calendars

• IMAP4
• Accessing Webmail
• Using a Mobile Phone with VPOP3
• Controlling VPOP3 via email
• Calendars (in version 4 and later)

Use our Troubleshooting Wizard, or see the entries below

• Obtaining Error Logs
• Obtaining Message Headers
• Obtaining Windows Event Log
• Error Messages
• Installation Errors
• Internet Explorer 10 issues
• Make VPOP3 redownload messages from ISP
• Not Working as Expected
• Lost/forgotten Administrator Password
• Installed new router and now nothing works
• Database Issues
• Seeing where a message came from
• Troubleshooting tips
• VPOP3 is using a lot of disk space
• VPOP3 not starting properly
• Licence activation not working

• General/Other
• Outlook Express 6
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Outlook 2002
• Outlook 2003
• Outlook 2007
• Outlook 2016
• Encore 32 Estate Agent Software
• iPhone

• iCal on Mac OSX
• eM Client

• Turning the spam filter on or off
• Training the spam filter
• Adjusting the spam filter weights
• Write your own spam filter rules
• User documents
• Automatically forwarding spam to the PSCS spamtraps
• Whitelist & Blacklist
• Quarantine
• Handling False Positives
• Problems sending messages to spam@<your domain>

• Uninstalling VPOP3AV
• Configuring VPOP3AV to detect macros/PUAs
• Ignoring specific detected viruses

• Creating extra SMTP Services
• Setting up a standby VPOP3 server
• Setting up VPOP3 to work with Microsoft Exchange
• Internationalisation
• Error Message handling
• Upgrading Database Software
• Sender Policy Framework / SPF

• Printer driver configuration
• Fax Server configuration
• Email -> Fax
• Global Address Book