https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-13T04:44:50+00:00 https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:french_webmail_language_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff French Webmail Language File Copy/paste the text below to a file 'french.lng' or 'francais.lng' in the VPOP3 directory. (French users, feel free to update/correct the text below) #login page logintitle=VPOP3 Login webadminlogin=web admin login webmaillogin=web mail login enterusername=You must specify your VPOP3 username here bookmarksnotsupported=I'm sorry, but your web browser does not support this function. You will have to add this page to your bookmarks manually. loginfailed=Login Faile… text/html 2024-01-15T11:35:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:repairing_corrupted_database?rev=1705318545&do=diff Repairing corrupted database With PostgreSQL (as with most high-end databases) the database system will automatically recover after power failures etc, if it can. If it can't then there is no manual 'repair' function, because the data cannot totally be recovered (or it would automatically have been recovered). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_status_monitor_problems?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Status Monitor Problems The VPOP3 Status Monitor is the program which shows the little (usually red) postbox icon in the Windows task tray. This usually launches automatically from the Windows startup group. This program is VPOP3Status.EXE on the disk, or can be run manually from text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:err_can_t_open_the_message_file_-_it_s_gone?rev=1542192349&do=diff -ERR Can't open the message file - it's gone! If VPOP3 receives the error message “-ERR Can't open the message file - it's gone!” from your ISP's POP3 server when it is downloading messages, this is a symptom of a fundamental bug in your ISP's POP3 server. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:german_webmail_language_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff German Webmail Language Page Copy/paste the text below to a file 'german.lng' in the VPOP3 directory. (German users, feel free to update/correct the text below) #login page logintitle=VPOP3 Login webadminlogin=web admin login webmaillogin=Webmail Anmeldung enterusername=Sie müssen einen Benutzernamen angeben bookmarksnotsupported=I'm sorry, but your web browser does not support this function. You will have to add this page to your bookmarks manually. loginfailed=Anmeldung fehlgeschlagen … text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:transmission_receipt?rev=1542192349&do=diff Transmission Receipt Message This is not an error message, but we are listing it here because it confuses some people. VPOP3 sends a 'Transmission Receipt' when a message is sent out, and it contains a header asking for the receipt. The default configuration is that it will send the transmission receipt if the sender asks for a read receipt. text/html 2020-06-29T10:43:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3_to_version_7?rev=1593427438&do=diff How to upgrade VPOP3 to version 7 or later from version 6 or earlier As usual the process to upgrade is simply to install the later version over your existing installation (do not uninstall anything first). The below is technical information detailing an extra step performed by the installer in this particular upgrade step. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:your_connection_has_been_blocked_temporarily_-_try_again_later?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error message: Your connection has been blocked temporarily - Try again later If you get an error message in your email client software saying Your connection has been blocked temporarily - Try again later or Server access temporarily blocked! Please try again later text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:421_4.3.2_vpop3_smtp_server_access_disabled_-_content_scanner_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff 421 4.3.2 VPOP3 SMTP Server access disabled - content scanner problem! This usually happens if the “VPOP3 AV” virus scanner has a problem it can't automatically recover from. This may be a fatal error, or a licencing issue. You can check this on the Settings text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:450_4.3.2_content_filter_timeout?rev=1542192349&do=diff 450 4.3.2 Content Filter Timeout If you get this error appearing when messages are sent to VPOP3, either in a bounce message, or in the VPOP3 status monitor, it means that the VPOP3 computer filter is taking more than the allowed amount of time (usually 60 seconds). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10053?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10053 - An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine. Error 10053 means that an established connection has been dropped. There are three descriptions of this error message we know about, but the descriptions are given by Windows, so they may vary depending on your version of Windows: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:attachments_have_been_removed_or_renamed?rev=1542192349&do=diff Attachments have been removed or renamed If you have received an email and one or more of its attachments have been removed or renamed, it might be a result of Attachment Filtering. You can inspect the filtering rules by going to Administration Settings -> Settings -> text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:backup_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Backup VPOP3 By default VPOP3 v3 and later will automatically perform a daily backup of the database into a file called DBBACK-x.DMP, where the backup file rotates on a weekly basis (DBBACK-0.DMP is Sunday's backup, DBBACK-1.DMP is Monday's backup, etc). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:database_size?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Database Size The VPOP3 directory is stored in the VPOP3\pgsql\data folder and subfolders. If you are concerned about the size of the VPOP3 database, there are several factors which may make the database larger than you would expect: * The VPOP3 database contains a lot more information than just messages in mailboxes. This can include settings, outgoing messages, historical logging information, statistical information for the spamfilter, information about archived messages, etc. Also,… text/html 2026-04-06T17:59:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:mail_not_downloading_from_isp?rev=1775498387&do=diff Mail Not Downloading From ISP This normally happens because you have told VPOP3 to Leave Messages On Server (on the Mail Connectors -> Mail Collectors -> (name) -> POP3 General tab). If you do this, VPOP3 will leave messages on the ISP's mail server for several days, and remember that it has already downloaded them. Then, the next time it connects it will see that there are some messages waiting, but it may find that it has already downloaded them, so it won't download them again. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:obtaining_error_logs?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Obtain Error Logs As part of diagnosing a support issue our support team may ask you to send them various log files. This page explains how to obtain the right files at the right time. How Logging Works Under its default settings VPOP3 logs a minimal amount of information about what it is doing to various files in the main VPOP3 directory. When investigating a support issue it is often the case that we will need you to switch on logging to extra files or increase the level of detail be… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:out_of_disk_space_when_sending_mail?rev=1542192349&do=diff Out of Disk Space When Sending Mail The first thing you should do is check that there is enough free disk space on the disk where VPOP3 is installed. VPOP3 requires a certain amount of free space before it will allow new messages to be sent, so the disk might not be totally full, but VPOP3 will still report that there is insufficient disk space when you try to send a new message. This buffer zone is designed to help prevent the disk totally filling up, which can cause lots of bigger problems! text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:outlook_2007?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to configure Outlook 2007 Email SMTP Authentication To set up SMTP authentication in Outlook 2007, if your VPOP3 requires it, go to Tools -> Account Settings, select your email account and press Change.... Then, press the More Settings... button text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:outlook_2010?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to configure Outlook 2010 In many ways, configuring Outlook 2010 is a similar to configuring Outlook 2007. The biggest difference you are likely to notice is the new “Ribbon” interface, in place of the traditional menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc.) Email text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:problems_accessing_vpop3_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Problems accessing VPOP3 Settings If you have problems accessing the VPOP3 settings: * Go to Start -> Programs -> VPOP3 -> Configure VPOP3 on the VPOP3 computer. That should open up a web browser and take you to the login page * If VPOP3 doesn't show the login page, and shows a '403' error page instead, that means that the access restrictions for the WebMail service have been restricted so that this computer cannot access the WebMail service. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:spanish_webmail_language_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spanish Webmail Language File Copy/paste the text below to a file 'spanish.lng' or 'espanol.lng' in the VPOP3 directory. (Spanish users, feel free to update/correct the text below) #login page logintitle=VPOP3 Login webadminlogin=web admin login webmaillogin=web mail login enterusername=Especificar aca el usuario de Correo bookmarksnotsupported=Disculpe, pero su navegador no soporta esta funcion. loginfailed=Login Fallido - Favor reintente nuevamente invalidlogin=Detalles del login inválidos… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:the_message_could_not_be_loaded._please_return_to_the_quarantine_page_and_try_again?rev=1542192349&do=diff The message could not be loaded. Please return to the Quarantine page and try again This error normally means the message file has been deleted from the hard disk (probably by a virus scanner or something else on the PC). If you can find the message in the VPOP3 settings (Settings text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to move the VPOP3 Message Store to a new PC Use this option if you want to have VPOP3 running on one PC, but have the message store database on another PC. Manually Install PostgreSQL on the new PC Download the 'pgInstaller' version of PostgreSQL from the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_not_starting_properly?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Not Starting Properly If VPOP3 is not starting properly, then the first thing to check is whether the database server is starting. In VPOP3 v3 and later, VPOP3 uses a PostgreSQL Database server for data storage, so if the database server is not running, VPOP3 will not be able to start properly. In this case, the VPOP3.EXE process may appear in Task Manager, but it won't respond to anything, or it may appear in Task Manager and then stop after a short period. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:421_4.3.2_vpop3_too_many_connections_from_your_ip_address_-_try_later?rev=1542192349&do=diff 421 4.3.2 VPOP3 Too many connections from your IP address - try later If you see this error message when you are sending messages, then it means that VPOP3 has detected too many simultaneous connections from your IP address. This would usually happen if the sender is another mail server as they can make many simultaneous connections when there are lots of messages to send. The error code that VPOP3 gives means that the sender should try sending the messages later, so it should be possible to e… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:550_not_permitted?rev=1542192349&do=diff 550/553 Not Permitted error from BT Internet's mail servers BT Internet's mail servers only allow messages to be sent from 'approved' email addresses. If you try to send messages from other addresses BT's mail servers may return a '550 Not Permitted' error, a '553' error, or may silently discard the message depending on what their server feels like doing today. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10061?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10061 - The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected Error 10061 means that the computer which VPOP3 was trying to connect to (probably at your ISP) refused the connection from the computer running VPOP3. There are several possibilities that can cause error 10061: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:c_error_popup?rev=1542192349&do=diff C++ Error Popup If VPOP3 crashes with a C++ error popup window, that means that an 'exception' has been thrown - something unusual has happened, and VPOP3 doesn't know how to recover automatically. Often these are due to database errors. There are two places you can look for the cause of the error: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:database_disk_caching?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database & Disk Caching Disk Caching One key point is that, like all other high-end databases, PostgreSQL should not be run on a server with disk level write back caching. With write back caching, the disk will report data as being written to disk when it is still in the disk's cache memory. If the power then fails, this data is lost and can cause database corruption. As long as the database server really knows when the data has been written to disk, power failure will not cause database corru… text/html 2025-09-11T13:02:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:database_issues?rev=1757595765&do=diff Database Issues VPOP3 version 3 and later use the PostgreSQL] database server. This is an open source enterprise level database server. Several VPOP3 problems are due to problems with the database service. * Database & Disk Caching * Software conflicting with database * VPOP3DB Service not starting * Database Size Database corruption If VPOP3 won't start even though the process is running, then that is often because the PostgreSQL service is not running. If the PostgreSQL service won… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:error_creating_service_entry_vpop_-_5?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error creating Service Entry (VPOP3) - 5 If you get this error while running VPOP3SVC QuickConfig to install the VPOP3 service this might mean that some security software is blocking it from creating the service. This has been observed with Sophos Antivirus. In that case, go to the Quarantine Manager in Sophos, and text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:error_message_handling?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error Message Handling VPOP3 will normally send an error message to the Main Administrator every time it encounters an error. We recommend you leave it like this in most cases - if an error message occurs repeatedly, then it usually means there's an underlying problem which needs resolving rather than ignoring. text/html 2025-10-06T15:21:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:error_messages?rev=1759764097&do=diff Error Messages This is the place to look if you are trying to trouble shoot a problem and you have received or have access to a specific error message or error code. If instead your problem is that something you think is set up correctly is not working then the best place to look would be the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:exchange_2003?rev=1542192349&do=diff Setting up VPOP3 to work with Exchange 2003 The instructions below are for Exchange Server 2003. For other versions of Exchange see here. You can link VPOP3 to Exchange Server, so that Exchange Server sends outgoing mail through VPOP3 and VPOP3 sends any incoming mail directly to Exchange Server. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:filtering_attachments?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to filter attachments VPOP3 can filter attachments in several ways. The most general is to use the Settings -> Attachment Processing -> Filtering tab as described below. VPOP3 can also filter attachments using the content/spam filter, or by using an integrated virus scanner. text/html 2025-08-18T15:13:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:forward_messages_to_an_external_address?rev=1755529986&do=diff How to Forward Messages to an External Address There are two possible methods to forward messages to an external address: * Use this method if it is for a person who might want to receive their email whilst in the office and/or get the mail sent to an external address. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:ical_on_mac_osx?rev=1542192349&do=diff Configuring iCal on Mac OSX to connect to VPOP3's CalDAV service This requires VPOP3 v6 or later. The following instructions are for Mac OS X v10.7.5 but should work with similar versions. We have not been able to create an account by going to System Preferences text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:installed_new_router_and_now_nothing_works?rev=1542192349&do=diff We installed a new router and now nothing works If you installed a new router on your network and left it at the default settings, you may find that VPOP3 doesn't seem to work afterwards. This is because it may be that the new router allocates new IP addresses on your network. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:non-administrator?rev=1542192349&do=diff Trying to perform administrative tasks without rights This problem can have two symptoms: * When trying to access the VPOP3 settings you get an error “You are trying to perform an VPOP3 administration task while logged in as a non-administrator text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:not_working_as_expected?rev=1542192349&do=diff Not Working As Expected This is the page to come to if you think you've set something up correctly but it isn't doing what you think it should be doing. If you're getting an error message or some other concrete indication that something has actually 'gone wrong' then the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:obtaining_windows_event_log?rev=1542192349&do=diff Obtaining Windows Event Log Sometimes, the VPOP3 technical support team may need to see entries from the Windows Event log, especially those relating to VPOP3 or the PostgreSQL service. If there are too many entries simply to copy, you can save them to a file to email to technical support. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:pop3_client_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 - POP3 Client Problem These errors occur whilst VPOP3 is communicating with your ISP's POP3 mail server to retrieve your mail. The server connection was closed unexpectedly If the message text is Error with Pop3 Client (XXXX (YY)) The server connection was closed unexpectedly text/html 2019-02-06T17:10:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:postgresql_replication?rev=1549473031&do=diff PostgreSQL Replication PostgreSQL 9.1 (used in VPOP3 5 and later) supports replication from a 'Master' to a 'Slave' database server. This can be used with VPOP3 for having a near-realtime backup of your settings & messages. To use the replication, you need to have a file share which is accessible from both PCs. The thing to watch out for is that the PostgreSQL services may be running as a different user from the currently logged in user, so make sure that the user(s) which the PostgreSQL servi… text/html 2022-11-18T11:43:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:restore_deleted_calendars?rev=1668771832&do=diff Restore Deleted Calendars This article will help if a user has been deleted and all their calendars are lost and need to be restored. Note that this functionality is not built into VPOP3, and requires the use of Python3 to run a script First you need to install Python 3.8 or later, and the psycopg2 plugin text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:restore_folder_-_v5?rev=1542192349&do=diff Restore selected mail folders or mailbox in VPOP3 v5 or later (This option is only available in VPOP3 Enterprise) First - if the problem is that messages were deleted very recently (the default is within 3 days), you can probably use the Undelete feature in VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:seeing_where_a_message_came_from?rev=1542192349&do=diff Seeing where a message came from Sometimes you need to check to see where a message really came from. The 'From:' email address is easily forged, so that cannot be relied upon. The first thing you have to do is to get the full message headers. These may look daunting, but are very useful for problem diagnosis. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:spam_filter_not_working?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam filter not working If the VPOP3 spam filter appears not to be working at all, the first thing to do is to look at the message headers of an incoming message to see if the spam filter is being run at all. Check to see if a header line beginning with X-VPOP3-Spam text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:start_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to start VPOP3 There are two ways to start VPOP3 * as a service * as a normal application For normal operation, you will start VPOP3 as a service, as this means that VPOP3 will run even when no one is logged into the PC. To help with some types of problem diagnosis it can be better to start it as an application. This makes VPOP3 run in the account of the currently logged in user, rather than the service account, so it can eliminate access permission problems. Also, when VPOP3 starts a… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:timeout_problems_when_sending_or_receiving_attachments?rev=1542192349&do=diff Timeout problems downloading/uploading messages with attachments There are various possible reasons for this, usually to do with third party internet security software but they may also be associated with Windows TCP/IP or dial-up adapter issues. You may not have problems with other software, but that doesn't mean the problem is being caused by VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:undelete?rev=1542192349&do=diff Undelete Messages in VPOP3 Enterprise v5 or later If a user accidentally deletes messages or a message folder, you can easily undelete this within a few days. The amount of time that messages are stored in the VPOP3 'recycle bin' is set in Settings text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:use_download_rules_for_incoming_pop3_filtering?rev=1542192349&do=diff Use Download Rules for incoming POP3 message filtering If you have VPOP3 retrieving messages from a POP3 account on an ISP, then you can use Download Rules to do basic filtering on incoming messages. (If you have incoming SMTP, then use SMTP Rules instead) Download rules cannot perform all mail filtering tasks. For more features, text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:use_the_vpop3_status_monitor?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to use the VPOP3 Status Monitor The VPOP3 Status Monitor is a small program which displays a postbox icon (usually red) in the Windows notification area (usually at the bottom right of the screen - by the clock). This icon can be used for quick access to various VPOP3 facilities. Note that the Status Monitor is text/html 2018-12-05T15:25:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store_folder?rev=1544023524&do=diff v3/4 - Move the message store to a new folder/drive This guide assumes you want to just move the VPOP3 message store/database to a new folder on the same PC, and leave the VPOP3 installation directory where it is. * Stop VPOP3 * Stop PostgreSQL text/html 2019-11-12T16:09:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_to_a_new_pc?rev=1573574948&do=diff Move VPOP3 Version 3 or 4 to a new PC Moving VPOP3 Version 3 or 4 to a new PC is slightly different from moving earlier versions, because of the database system. The summary of steps is: * Stop VPOP3 on the original PC * Manually make a backup of the database on the original PC text/html 2019-11-12T16:10:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v5_-_move_the_message_store_to_a_new_folder_drive?rev=1573575042&do=diff v5 - Move the message store to a new folder/drive Here is an alternative method, which may be simpler, but only moves the data, not the whole database store (which is a subtle difference) This guide assumes you want to just move the VPOP3 message store/database to a new folder on the same PC, and leave the VPOP3 installation directory where it is. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_is_responding_slowly?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Is Responding Slowly If VPOP3 is responding slowly to users there are several common causes: * The VPOP3 server disk may be badly fragmented. Defragment the server disk(s). Note that sometimes the Windows defragmenter will say that the disk doesn't need defragmenting even if it does, so it is best to do it anyway. Also, there is a better free defragmenter available called text/html 2026-01-05T09:31:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_re-downloading_old_messages_from_isp_pop3_server?rev=1767605507&do=diff VPOP3 re-downloading old messages from the ISP POP3 server If you tell VPOP3's POP3 mail collector to leave messages on the ISP's server for a few days, you may find that sometimes VPOP3 will redownload all the messages from the ISP mailbox again. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:whitelist_blacklist?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter Whitelist & Blacklist The VPOP3 spamfilter has a whitelist and a blacklist for sender addresses. It also has a whitelist and blacklist for words/phrases. You can view these lists in the VPOP3 settings by going to Settings -> Spamfilter ->