https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-06T07:05:26+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/reference:address_book_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff Address Book tab The Address Book tab within VPOP3 webmail enables you to manage your lists of contacts and add those contacts into a new or existing message. Substantial alterations to the interface were introduced in version 5. Both interfaces are documented. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:white_black_lists?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter White/Blacklists This lets you set whitelists & blacklists for the spam filter. There are four lists you can manage. The Whitelist Addresses & Blacklist Addresses lists let you specify sender email addresses to check. With the default rule weights, if a sender's address is on the Whitelist, it will be allowed through the spam filter, and if it is on the Blacklist it will be blocked. If an address is on both the Whitelist and the Blacklist, they will cancel each other out, and the me… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_db_comparator?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter database comparators Several Spamfilter DB statements allow comparators which are listed below If the value specified in the statement is numeric: * = or == compare numeric values for equality * <> or != compare numeric values for inequality text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:autoresponder_commands?rev=1542192349&do=diff Autoresponder Commands This article only applies to VPOP3 v4 and earlier A VPOP3 autoresponder can contain special text strings to create special behaviour, in addition to plain text as part of the response. There are three types of 'command' * text/html 2019-08-19T08:58:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:status_monitor_protocol?rev=1566205125&do=diff Status Monitor (port 5109) protocol This page documents the protocol used between VPOP3 and the Status Monitor. It's not intended for any other purpose, so it's a bit limited, but in certain cases you may find this useful Login Before the Status Monitor receives any updates or can issue commands it must log in using a user's credentials. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_ifmatch?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: IfMatch Statement IfMatch Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Allows you to perform a regular or substring match on a variable or part of the message being processed IfMatch statements require a data parameter and a search value, in the format text/html 2026-03-16T11:12:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:group_a_user_s_folders_into_letter_groups?rev=1773659562&do=diff Group a user's folders into letter groups This is useful in VPOP3 Enterprise if you have a large folder with many subfolders and want to group the subfolders into other subfolders based on their first letter For example, if you have * Customers text/html 2023-08-14T16:01:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_variables?rev=1692028861&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Variables The VPOP3 spam filter script language supports simple variables. In most places these are specified as ${<variable name>}, but in some places they are just specified as <variable name> - for instance where a statement always puts its result into a variable. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:users_autoresponderconditions?rev=1542192349&do=diff Users.AutoresponderConditions table The Users.AutoresponderConditions table contains a record of all autoresponder trigger conditions created in VPOP3. These tell VPOP3 when a particular autoresponder should fire for a particular user. Each autoresponder can have zero or more conditions. An autoresponder with zero conditions will never fire but can be reactivated later by adding a new condition. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:copy_smtp_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff Copy SMTP Rules - Database Query This is an advanced Database action. There is no simple query that will perform the required operation, so we have to create a custom PostgreSQL function to copy the data. At a command prompt in the VPOP3 directory run text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:misc_advanced?rev=1542192349&do=diff Misc -> Advanced Tab Settings -> Misc Settings -> Advanced You will normally not need to change any settings on this page unless VPOP3 technical support have suggested it. If you do make changes, and want to go back to the original settings, the Restore Defaults button will restore the settings to their defaults. text/html 2022-11-24T09:29:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:attachment_processing_script?rev=1669282143&do=diff Attachment Processing Script (Added in v7.6) This script has functions to allow message attachments to be altered: * NeedsRecode * NeedsRewrite * GetRename * GetContentDispositionLine (added in v7.8) * IsLockNeeded * RewriteAttachment text/html 2023-11-20T10:18:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:error_handling_script?rev=1700475481&do=diff Error Handling Scripting For most error messages that VPOP3 generates, it allows control of error messages, eg to limit the frequency of error messages if they would be generated repeatedly. These limits are set in Settings -> Admin Settings -> Message Control. However, if you want more granular control, you can use Lua scripting for more fine-grained control text/html 2025-05-08T08:23:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_smtp_server_script?rev=1746692615&do=diff SMTP Server Lua Scripting The SMTP Server Lua Script is called SMTPSVR.LUA and can be edited from the Settings -> Scripts page in the VPOP3 settings. This script is called whenever an instance of the VPOP3 SMTP server is launched - ie whenever someone opens a connection to port 25 on the VPOP3 server to send it a message, whether from a local user or an incoming SMTP message. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_direct?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Connectors -> Mail Senders -> SMTP Direct VPOP3 can be configured to send mail directly to the recipient's mail server (or the recipient's mail service provider). Usually this is only used if you have a high-end business class Internet connection - such as a leased line, or your mail server is co-located in a data centre. Attempts to use SMTP Direct sending on a dial-up/ADSL/Cable/FTTC/etc connection may be problematic since the receiving mail server may think you a home user who has been … text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_ids_ips?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Server -> IDS/IPS The IDS/IPS tab lets you set logging and automatic blocking parameters for the IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) component of the SMTP server. SMTP servers are regularly attacked, both by incoming mail attacks (spam/viruses etc) and relay attacks (by spammers and other malware distributors trying to send mail through them). Because of this, there is a system in VPOP3 which will track attack attempts on the SMTP service and can automat… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:attachment_processing?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Attachment Processing The Attachment Processing page allows you to configure VPOP3 to perform two distinct functions on messages that contain attachments: * * Filtering The Filtering tab is divided into four main sections: Attachment Filtering text/html 2025-06-23T10:51:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:imap4_server_script?rev=1750675906&do=diff IMAP4 Server Scripting (Added in V6.12) DoCapability function When the IMAP4 CAPABILITY command is received, VPOP3 generates a capability string based on settings, then calls DoCapability(ipaddr, capabilities) * ipaddr = IP address of the client computer text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:misc_dns?rev=1542192349&do=diff Misc -> DNS Tab Settings -> Misc Settings -> DNS The DNS tab lets you specify which DNS servers VPOP3 will use. DNS (Domain Name System) is a system which converts Internet host names (eg www.google.com) into a numeric IP address (eg 1.2.3.4), because all connections on the Internet are actually performed using numeric IP addresses, but it is easier for people to remember names. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:msgaudit?rev=1542192349&do=diff msgaudit Database table This can (optionally) contain data showing how messages have been handled (eg deleted, moved, etc) * id - incrementing ID of msgaudit entry * datetime - the date & time the event occurred * component - which VPOP3 component performed the event text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:sender_advanced_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Sender Advanced Settings Mail Connectors -> Mail Senders -> (name) -> Advanced Advanced Domain Filtering For VPOP3 v6.11 and later, see the Domain Filtering section of the user manual. The Domain Filtering box lets you restrict which email messages are sent via this Mail Sender. You specify each rule on a separate line, and the message will be sent if it matches any sender rule text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamfilter_script_configuration?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter Script Configuration tab You reach this tab by going to Settings --> Spam Filter -> General, and then choose the General tab. The Spamfilter script has various settings that can be changed to alter the behaviour of the spamfilter. These are defined in the script, so may change with different versions of the script. The settings are currently: text/html 2020-10-05T16:14:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_header?rev=1601914452&do=diff Increase the spam score for header marker This script is for the case where your ISP adds a header eg 'X-Spam: Yes' to the message header, and you want the VPOP3 spamfilter to quarantine messages with that marker. Add the following to the spamrules_userchecks.txt file. This script file only gets processed on incoming messages (the spamrules_localmail.txt script ends the processing of locally sent messages) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_dbqueryone?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: DBQueryOne Statement DBQueryOne Version 6.16+ Purpose Queries the spam filter database for a single record/aggregate The DBQueryOne statement performs a query on the spam filter database and returns a single value which is either the value of a record or an aggregate of several records. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_autoresponder?rev=1542192349&do=diff Autoresponder An autoresponder is a way of automatically replying to messages as they arrive in a user's mailbox. In VPOP3, an incoming message must arrive in a user's mailbox for the autoresponder to trigger. If you use forwards, assistants, mappings, etc to divert a message before it arrives in the mailbox, the autoresponder will never trigger. If you want to use an autoresponder, but not keep the original message, then make sure the message arrives in the mailbox (eg by using an 'Assistant'… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:message_monitoring?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Monitoring Message monitoring in VPOP3 will tell VPOP3 to send a copy of all the outgoing, internal and/or incoming mail from/to specified users to be sent to another specified user. In the current versions of VPOP3, all monitored messages are sent to the same user (or list), you cannot specify different recipients for different monitored users. (This may be something that is added/enhanced in the future) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:offline_archive_error_messages?rev=1542192349&do=diff Offline Archive Error Messages * (2) ZIP file structure invalid (eg disk corruption) * (3) Out of memory * (4) Internal logic error in ZIP compressor * (8) ZIP file invalid or insufficient memory * (10) Temporary File failure * (11) Input file read failure (eg virus scanner blocking access to archived files) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:pop3_collection?rev=1542192349&do=diff POP3 Mail Collection POP3 Mail Collection is when VPOP3 will collect mail from an external POP3 mailbox - for instance, from an Internet Provider. POP3 General This page tells VPOP3 how to collect mail. * POP3 Server Address - this is the name (or IP address) of the POP3 server from which you want VPOP3 to collect mail text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:running_database_updates_within_a_transaction?rev=1542192349&do=diff Running database updates within a transaction This is a trick which database experts use, because they have learned (often the hard way) that a simple mistype can trash a database... Before running any database query which can alter the database (UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT, DROP, CREATE, ALTER) begin a database transaction using the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:send_admin_message?rev=1542192349&do=diff Send Admin Message It is possible for administrator users to send a bulk email message to an entire group or list. To begin composing an email, go to the Administration Settings -> Users page, and click Send Admin Message. This should then open a window, which allows you to specify various options. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_advanced?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Service -> Advanced Tab Services -> SMTP Server -> Advanced Tab Refuse SMTP Connections from This setting should be rarely needed, and should be normally left blank. It is here for historic purposes. If you put some text in this box, then VPOP3 will refuse any SMTP connections from clients whose 'HELO'/'EHLO' command data contains the text specified here as a substring. Eg, if this setting is set to '.myisp.com', then VPOP3 would refuse SMTP connections from any client which sends the c… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtpstats_smtpclientfailures?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTPStats.SMTPClientFailures table The SMTPStats.SMTPClientFailures table contains logging data about errors/usage for the SMTP Services in VPOP3. These are used for the Intrusion Protection facility & logging. Columns * id - sequential ID for the event * ipaddress - the SMTP client's IP address text/html 2021-12-13T15:20:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_addfixedtexttosubject?rev=1639408804&do=diff Use the spam filter scripting to add fixed text to the subject on incoming messages This needs VPOP3 version 5 or later. This script allows you to add fixed text to the subject an incoming message, eg so that users can see that a message is an incoming rather than local message (be aware of weaknesses in this strategy - eg forwarded messages, spoofing of the marker, breaking DKIM message signatures, etc) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_addheader?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: AddHeader Statement AddHeader Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Allows you to add, replace or remove the specified header line in the message headers The AddHeader statement requires the full header line in one continuous string, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_subject?rev=1542192349&do=diff Increase the spam score for subject marker This script is for the case where your ISP adds a marker eg '[spam]' to the message subject, and you want the VPOP3 spamfilter to quarantine messages with that marker. Add the following to the spamrules_userchecks.txt file. This script file only gets processed on incoming messages (the spamrules_localmail.txt script ends the processing of locally sent messages) text/html 2026-02-19T17:56:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:temporary_files?rev=1771523787&do=diff Temporary Files This is for files in the VPOP3\_temp folder Most of the filename is the hexadecimal timestamp (in Windows 'FILETIME'/65536 form) with a 4 digit hex sequential number afterwards. The first letter or two (usually G-Z) can tell something about what caused the file. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:virus_scan_filter_script?rev=1542192349&do=diff Virus Scan Filter Scripting (Added in V6.17) The VIRUSSCAN.LUA script has a single function FilterResult This function is called for every virus that a VPOP3-integrated (eg VPOP3 AV or Sophos SAV Interface) detects. The function has the opportunity to 'filter' the virus detection so that VPOP3 will act as if the virus was not detected. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:admin_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Admin Settings The Admin Settings page allows you to perform three key functions: * * * Choosing a Main Administrator The Main Administrator receives notification emails, such as daily reports and errors/problems which may require manual intervention. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:archive_offline?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Archive -> Offline Tab Settings -> Message Archive -> Offline Tab. The Offline tab lets you tell VPOP3 to move old archived messages to an alternative store, such as CD/DVD or external drive etc. VPOP3 will create a ZIP file containing the old messages. The archive index will still remember the messages, and the name of the ZIP file they are contained in, so you will still be able to search for messages on date, sender, subject, etc, but not on the message content. text/html 2025-05-28T09:24:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:autoresponder_script?rev=1748424278&do=diff Autoresponder scripting For scripting to alter the whole autoresponder definition and set in the VPOP3 settings rather than embedded in an autoresponder itself, see Autoresponder Global Scripting In an autoresponder, you can create a Lua script by surrounding it with <lua> & </lua> tags, eg text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:bandwidth_management_script?rev=1542192349&do=diff Bandwidth Control (VPOP3 Enterprise Only) Every time a connection is made to a VPOP3 service, or a user logs into a service, VPOP3 Enterprise runs a Lua function which can assign the connection a bandwidth pool, or assign a bandwidth limit on the connection. text/html 2023-08-16T07:48:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_pop3_client_script?rev=1692172081&do=diff POP3 Client Lua Scripting The POP3 Client Lua Script is called POP3CLT.LUA and is edited in Settings -> Scripts. This script is called whenever VPOP3 runs a POP3 session to download messages from a remote POP3 server. VPOP3 will call the following Lua functions in the script at the following times: text/html 2026-03-26T23:49:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_scripting?rev=1774568941&do=diff Lua Scripting Lua is a simple scripting programming language often used for embedding in other applications. VPOP3 uses it to customise behaviour in places where most people will be happy with the default behaviour, but occasionally people will want to do something more complicated. Rather than having lots of extra options to complicate things for most users, we have opted to go for a more flexible scripting facility. text/html 2026-02-24T15:49:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_smtp_mx_control?rev=1771948188&do=diff Lua SMTP MX Control Every time VPOP3 is going to send messages using direct MX sending, it runs a script called mxout.lua which can be created/edited in Settings -> Scripts (or in the VPOP3 directory in VPOP3 v6.6 or earlier). Global Variables Starting with v8.8, the following global variables are defined: text/html 2025-08-14T09:24:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_smtp_relay_control?rev=1755163495&do=diff Lua SMTP Relay Control Every time VPOP3 is going to send messages via SMTP Relay, it runs a script called relayout.lua in the VPOP3 directory. Global Variables This script may have global variables, depending on your version of VPOP3. In VPOP3 3.0.0L and later, there are two read-only global variables set at the start of the script: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:mappings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mappings In VPOP3, Mappings are a way of explicitly linking an email address to a user or list. They can also be used to indicate that an email address is remote, even though it would otherwise appear to be a local email address. In other email servers, a similar feature may be called 'aliases' text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:message_headers?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Headers This article describes some of the headers which VPOP3 can add to messages. Note that some of these may be added by customisable scripts used by VPOP3, so may not match exactly, but the descriptions below are for the defaults distributed with VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:route_by_parsing_message_headers?rev=1542192349&do=diff Route incoming POP3 mail by parsing message headers This routing method is generally used if you have a catch-all or 'multi-catch' mailbox with your Internet provider. With this method, VPOP3 will look at the To/Cc and other fields in the message headers to try to work out who the message is for. If the recipient is not listed in the headers (eg for BCCd mail) it may not be able to automatically detect who the message is for. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:security_intrusion_protection?rev=1542192349&do=diff Security Settings -> Intrusion Protection Tab Settings -> Security Settings -> Intrusion Protection Tab Starting in VPOP3 v6.0, VPOP3 can monitor failed logins for all accounts across all services and block an attacker's IP address from accessing VPOP3 for a specified time text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:sender_direct_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Direct Sender Settings Mail Connectors -> Mail Senders -> SMTP Direct Sender -> Settings tab The SMTP Direct Settings tab lets you set how VPOP3 will send mail using SMTP Direct DNS Servers to Use This setting tells VPOP3 the IP addresses of the DNS servers it should use to find the recipients' mail servers. Separate multiple addresses with commas. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_assignments?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Assignments You can assign values to variables using the syntax ${variable} = value | ${variable} Assignment operators The spam filter rules support the following assignment operators: = Specify the value of the variable to equal the value after the assignment operator text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_longsenderdomain?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamrules example - increase spam score for long sender domain This script is for the case where you to increase the spamminess of emails where the sender's email address contains a long domain. In this case we'll say if the sender's domain has 20 or more characters in the first section (between the @ and first .). Note that we do not necessarily recommend that you do this as it is not a very good indicator of spam, but it is something we've been asked for, so here it is. text/html 2025-06-06T08:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_countmatches?rev=1749197557&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: CountMatches Statement CountMatches Version 2.3.13+ Purpose Counts the number of times a specific regular expression matches in a string CountMatches statements require a data parameter, a search value, and the name of the variable to place the count into, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_goto?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Goto Statement Goto Version 2.1.7+ Purpose A mechanism for directing the script towards a specified label The Goto statement requires a label name, in the format Goto <label name> Labels are single word entries that appear on a line of their own, immediately preceded by the colon (:) character. The colon character is not part of the label name. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_ifinbag?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: IfInBag Statement IfInBag Version 2.3.7+ Purpose Checks if a specified value is in a particular bag The IfInBag statement requires a bag name and value, in the format IfInBag <bag name> <value> * All IfInBag statements must be followed by an text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_reject?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Reject Statement Reject Version 2.4.5+ Purpose Perform an SMTP 'Reject' on the incoming message The Reject statement requires an error code/text string, in the format Reject <error string> This will reject the current SMTP message with the specified SMTP result code. Use a 4xx error code (eg 450) to reject the message temporarily, or a 5xx error code (eg 550) to reject the message permanently. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_startdns?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: StartDNS Statement StartDNS Version 2.2.1+ Purpose Begins an asynchronous DNS lookup in advance of the result being required in a subsequent DNS statement The StartDNS statement requires a type and hostname, in the format StartDNS <type> <hostname> text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_startdnsbl?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: StartDNSBL Statement StartDNSBL Version 2.2.1+ Purpose Begins an asynchronous DNS blacklist lookup in advance of the result being required in a subsequent DNSBL statement The StartDNSBL statement requires a hostname and DNSBL zone, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_startsurbl?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: StartSURBL Statement StartSURBL Version 2.2.1+ Purpose Begins an asynchronous SURBL lookup in advance of the result being required in a subsequent SURBL statement The StartSURBL statement requires a hostname and SURBL zone, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_prune_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff Prune Rules The Edit User -> Prune Rules tab can be used to create/edit rules which cause messages to be automatically deleted according to specified criteria. To add or edit a “prune rule”, press the Add Rule button. This will add a new rule to the table, with a set of default settings. Don't worry, this rule doesn't take effect until you press the Submit button. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:alter_lan_forwarding_queued_messages_going_to_one_server_to_go_to_another?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database query to alter LAN Forwarding rules for one server to go to another If a LAN forwarding destination server fails, you may wish to change the queued messages to go to the new server. (Note that, if planning ahead, it may be easier to use DNS text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:alter_lan_forwarding_rules_for_one_server_to_go_to_another?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database query to alter LAN Forwarding rules for one server to go to another If a LAN forwarding destination server fails, you may wish to change the LAN forwarding rules to point to the new server. (Note that, if planning ahead, it may be easier to use text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:archive_general?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Archive -> General Settings -> Message Archive -> General Tab Archive Messages If the Archive Messages box is checked, then VPOP3 will archive incoming and outgoing messages. Main Archive Store Directory You can set the message archive store to any directory accessible by the VPOP3 service. Enter the path in the text/html 2023-03-25T23:33:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:archive_script?rev=1679787211&do=diff Archive Script (from VPOP3 v6 onwards) Archive scripting lets you indicate whether full message content should be stored in the message archive. This could be used, for instance, for filtering out messages containing credit card details. The message headers will still be archived, along with the explanation text returned by the script. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:autoresponders_v3_v4?rev=1542192349&do=diff Autoresponders - v3 and v4 This section lets you define an autoresponder for a user. An autoresponder is a message which is sent back in response to a message which arrives in this user's mailbox. The Autoresponder Type can be set to None, Simple Autoresponder text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:batch_file_to_end_a_database_backup?rev=1542192349&do=diff Batch file to end a database backup VPOP3 runs pg_dump.exe to perform the regular database backups. Ending this process through Task Manager will not end the back-end database processes creating the backup data. This batch file will do it for you. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:calendar_calendars?rev=1542192349&do=diff Calendar.Calendars table The Calendar.Calendars table contains a list of all 'calendars' created in VPOP3. Each user account has at least one calendar Columns * calid - this is a integer sequential value which identifies the calendar uniquely in the database * text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:calendar_events?rev=1542192349&do=diff Calendar.Events table The Calendar.Events table contains a record of all the events in calendars managed by VPOP3. An 'event' is an iCalendar event. Note that if an event is a recurring series, there will only be one 'event' in the database, not one event per instance of the recurrence. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:connections?rev=1542192349&do=diff Connections In VPOP3 a Connection tells VPOP3 how to 'connect' to the Internet. VPOP3 supports up to 10 Connections, which can be either network connections or Dial-Up connections (using a modem) A Connection is linked to one Mail Sender and zero or more Mail Collectors. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_backups?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database -> Backups Tab The Backups tab lets you specify how VPOP3 will make its daily backup of its database. We strongly recommend that you backup the database regularly in case of disk problems or file corruption. You can use the VPOP3 backup feature, or manually backup the PostgreSQL database using the pg_dump command, or use another program to backup the PostgreSQL database if you wish. Note that a simple disk copy will text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_files_used_in_vpop3_2.x?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database files used in VPOP3 2.x VPOP3 2.x usually uses SQLite 2.8.3 as its database engine. This stores databases in discrete *.db files in the VPOP3\_database directory on the server PC. We do not recommend that you access these databases directly unless you know what you are doing, and we strongly discourage the alteration of data in the databases directly unless technical support request you to. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_restore?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database -> Restore Tab This tab is only in VPOP3 Enterprise (v5 and later), and is for performing a partial (mailbox/mail folder) restore of the database. To do a full restore of the database, or for VPOP3 Basic/Standard, see the “Restore a Backup of VPOP3” topic Using the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:diagnostics?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Diagnostics The Diagnostics page allows you to enable, configure and disable various methods of diagnostic logging, within VPOP3. Log file overview By default, VPOP3 will keep two copies of most log files: * The current log file, with a text/html 2023-11-12T09:51:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:dmarc_reporter_script?rev=1699782700&do=diff DMARC Reporter Script (from VPOP3 v8.6 onwards) This script lets you customise how VPOP3 sends DMARC reports to the sending domain. This can be useful in case the sending domain's DMARC configuration is incorrect as that can cause errors sending the reports or cause messages to be 'stuck' in VPOP3's Outqueue. These problems won't cause any lasting damage, but may be inconvenient or annoying, so you can alter the behaviour using Lua scripting text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:global_signature?rev=1542192349&do=diff Global Signature You can set a Global Signature in VPOP3 by going to Settings -> Global Signature The Global Signature option lets you tell VPOP3 to add a standard piece of text or HTML to the bottom of all outgoing messages. You can create just a plain text, or text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:incoming_smtp?rev=1542192349&do=diff Incoming SMTP Mail If you have an incoming SMTP mail feed, then the mail server sending mail to you will connect to your VPOP3 computer to send the mail. The mail connection is controlled by the sending computer. IMPORTANT If you have a permanent Internet connection with a static IP address, the usual way of having incoming SMTP is to configure your text/html 2023-08-02T08:10:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:internal_data_formats?rev=1690963850&do=diff Internal Data Formats VPOP3 stores some data in specific formats internally, eg to encode some settings in the settings database. This page describes some of those. * Access Restrictions Internal Format text/html 2025-08-20T16:08:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lan_forwarding_script?rev=1755706120&do=diff LAN Forwarding Scripting (Added in V8.7) This is stored in the 'LanForwarding.lua' script in Settings -> Scripts Pre-send These functions are called before the message is placed in the LAN Forwarding queue There are two global variables set: * text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:ldap_schema_in_vpop3_4.x?rev=1542192349&do=diff LDAP Schema in VPOP3 4.x Hierarchical Structure LDAP data is stored as a hierarchical database with the 'DN' (Distinguished Name) of the object as the key. The DN is made up of the various 'Relative DNs' used to navigate to the desired object, placed in reverse order, separated by commas. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lists?rev=1542192349&do=diff Lists The Lists section in VPOP3 lets you view and manage the various types of 'List' which VPOP3 supports * Distribution Lists * Mailing Lists * Forwardings * ODBC Mailing Lists * Groups Using a list A list will contain zero or more 'members' (usually email addresses) which can be messaged all at once. To send a message to all the members of a list, you will usually send an email to the listname at a valid domain. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:listserver_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff ListServer Settings Settings -> ListServer Settings In VPOP3, the ListServer is an automated 'user' which handles mailing list requests, such as subscribe & unsubscribe commands. Anyone can send an email to the ListServer to subscribe to (public) mailing lists, or unsubscribe from mailing lists they are on, or see a list of public mailing lists etc. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logdb_attachments?rev=1542192349&do=diff LogDB.Attachments table The LogDB.Attachments table contains a record of the attachments for messages logged by VPOP3. A message may have zero or more attachments Columns * attachid - this is a bigint sequential value which identifies the attachment uniquely in the database text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logdb_messages?rev=1542192349&do=diff LogDB.Messages table The LogDB.Messages table contains a record of all messages logged by VPOP3. A message is logged when a message is sent/received/etc. Columns * msgid - this is a bigint sequential value which identifies the message uniquely in the database text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logdb_recipients?rev=1542192349&do=diff LogDB.Recipients table The LogDB.Recipients table contains a record of the recipients for messages logged by VPOP3. A message may have one or more recipients Columns * rcptid - this is a bigint sequential value which identifies the recipient uniquely in the database text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logdb_sessions?rev=1542192349&do=diff LogDB.Sessions table The LogDB.Sessions table contains a record of all 'sessions' logged by VPOP3. A session is something like a POP3 server session as an email client downloads messages, or an SMTP client session as VPOP3 sends a message out to the Internet, and so on. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:mail_senders?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Connectors -> Mail Senders The Mail Sender tells VPOP3 how to send mail out to the Internet. If you want to send mail for specific users to another specific mail server (e.g. a local Microsoft Exchange Server or another VPOP3 server) then use the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:management_scripting?rev=1542192349&do=diff Management Scripting In VPOP3 Enterprise, from version 6.17 there is the facility to run Lua scripts manually or according to a schedule. These scripts can do things like access mail folders & messages and perform some maintenance on them. Creating a new script text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:message_archive?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Archive The Message Archive facility is for VPOP3 to store copies of all messages sent or received. It stores the messages in a central archive store which can be searched by an administrator. The prime purpose of the archive facility is for recording messages in case of possible disputes, as you can see what was sent/received by email. It can also be used as a backup/restore facility in an emergency, but that is not its prime purpose, so it is better to have a proper text/html 2024-03-21T10:49:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:outgoing_message_script?rev=1711018194&do=diff Outgoing Message Scripting Every time VPOP3 adds a message to the Outgoing mail queue, it runs a script called outmessage.lua. Scripts are stored as files in the VPOP3 directory in VPOP3 v6.6 and earlier, or managed through the Settings -> Scripts page in VPOP3 v6.7 and later. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:quarantine_viewer?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter Quarantine Viewer Settings -> Spamfilter -> Quarantine Viewer The Quarantine Viewer lets you see messages which have been quarantined by the VPOP3 Spam Filter. As an administrator you can see quarantined messages for any user, and release them if appropriate. If you release a message, it will be sent into the original recipient's Inbox, not into your Inbox. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:reset_message_folder_counts?rev=1542192349&do=diff Reset Message Folder Counts In extremely rare cases, the mail folder message counts in the database may get out of step with the actual stored messages. There are database triggers which will keep the counts in sync during normal operation, but if you have to manipulate the database directly (eg to recover from a corrupted database) it is possible that they will get out of step. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:schedule?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Connectors -> Connector Schedule The Connector Schedule tells VPOP3 when to connect to send mail using Mail Senders and collect mail using Mail Collectors. It does not affect incoming SMTP over a permanent connection, or LAN Forwarding. The connection schedule also tells VPOP3 when to check for updates to the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings * Admin Settings * Anti-virus * Attachment Processing * Autoresponder Settings * Database * Diagnostics * FaxServer * Global Address Book * Global Signature * Groups * Header Processing * Receipts/Urgent Messages * Global Header Modifiers * Legacy Extensions * Listserver Settings * Local Mail * General * Domain Mappings * LAN Forwarding * Configuration * Queue Status * Logging * Message Archive * Message Monitoring * Misc Se… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:signature_script?rev=1542192349&do=diff Signature Script If you want more complex signatures on outgoing emails, rather than the static text/HTML you can define within VPOP3, then you can use a simple Lua script to define the signature. The Lua script is stored in a file called signature.lua text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_filtering?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Service - Filtering The SMTP Server -> Filtering tab lets you set up filtering of messages going through the VPOP3 SMTP service. This may be incoming SMTP messages, or locally sent messages. SMTP Rules SMTP Rules let you create custom rules for processing messages as they go through the VPOP3 SMTP service. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_general?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP -> General tab This page is reached from Services -> SMTP Server, then the General tab. This page lets you set general settings for the SMTP service component of VPOP3. The SMTP service is how users send outgoing mail, and how incoming SMTP messages arrive. Service Name text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_reputation_stats?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Reputation Stats (Added in v6.20) If you receive email by direct incoming SMTP (not via an ISP or filtering service) then you can tell VPOP3 to report sender reputation statistics back to VPOP3. This is enabled/disabled in the Settings -> Misc Settings page. text/html 2026-03-26T11:41:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_rules_script?rev=1774525319&do=diff Lua SMTP Rules Scripts When VPOP3 is processing SMTP Rules for messages received by SMTP, it runs a script called smtprules_(x).lua, where (x) is replaced by the numeric ID of the SMTP service VPOP3 processes SMTP Rules at least three times for each message - once when MAIL FROM has been received, once for each RCPT TO, and once when the whole message data has been received. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamfilter_rule_weights?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter Rule Weights To edit the spamfilter rule weights, go to Settings -> Spamfilter -> General -> Rule Weights The VPOP3 spamfilter contains several rules which test for certain things, eg 'adult words', or entries in real-time blacklist databases, or whitelisted email addresses etc. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamfilter_whitelist?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter.Whitelist table The Spamfilter.Whitelist table contains the spamfilter whitelist entries which do not contain wildcards or regular expressions. They are separated out to speed up checking. Columns * address - this is the email address in the whitelist text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_checkrecipient?rev=1542192349&do=diff Increase the spam score for certain recipients This script is for the case where you want certain recipients to have a weighted score. For instance if you have users who have left and who mostly receive spam, but you don't want to reject their mail totally. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_comments?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Comments In the spam filter scripts, blank lines are ignored. Any line beginning with a # character is treated as a comment. Comments must be on a line of their own; there is no way to add a comment to the end of a line. Examples text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_escape?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Escape Statement Escape Version 2.3.6+ Purpose 'Escapes' the specified variable ready to pass as a regular expression The Escape statement should be called immediately before the variable, in the format Escape <variable name> Example ${myvar} = "This costs $10.00" Escape myvar # ${myvar} is now "This costs \$10\.00" text/html 2025-06-06T08:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_globalmatch?rev=1749197750&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: GlobalMatch Statement GlobalMatch Version 2.3.13+ Purpose Does a RegExp match on the supplied data and puts the results in a bag The GlobalMatch statement requires a data parameter, a search value, and the name of a bag to place the matches into, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_random?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Random Statement Random Version 2.5.2+ Purpose Generates a random number The Random statement requires a lower and higher numeric bound, and a variable to assign the result to, in the format Random <lower> <higher> <variable> * text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_replace?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Replace Statement Replace Version 2.3.5+ Purpose Replaces specified text in the specified variable with new text Replace statements require a variable name, a search value and a replacement string, in the format Replace <variable> <search> <replace> text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:status?rev=1542192349&do=diff Status The VPOP3 Status screen has two tabs * Server Status * Sessions Server Status The Server Status tab is essentially a copy of the VPOP3 Status Monitor information. * Connection Status - this shows the 'online' status of VPOP3. If it says idle, it does not mean VPOP3 is not working, or not doing anything, it just means that it is not currently sending or collecting mail from the Internet. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_delivery_script?rev=1542192349&do=diff User Delivery Script (VPOP3 v6.5 or later) If there is a <username>/delivery.lua script, this Lua script can override VPOP3's message delivery options. You can edit this in the Settings -> Scripts page in the settings. This script affects how VPOP3 will handle how messages being delivered to this user are handled. text/html 2024-04-22T08:37:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_manager_script?rev=1713775058&do=diff User Manager Script If you want people to be able to log in using a different username than their VPOP3 username (eg if you want them to be able to log in using an email address), then you can use the UserManager Lua script The Lua script is managed through the Settings → Scripts page in VPOP3 v8.0 and later and is called 'UserManager.LUA. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_permissions?rev=1542192349&do=diff Permissions This section lets you configure the permissions that a particular user has. Allowed Protocols The Allowed Protocols section lets you specify which services this user has access to. Note that these settings affect access to the whole service. If you want users to be able to access a service from some IP addresses, but not from others, then use the text/html 2023-03-27T10:32:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_routing_script?rev=1679913138&do=diff User Routing Script If there is a <username>/user_redirect.lua script, this Lua script can override VPOP3's message routing options. You can edit this either in the Settings -> Scripts page in the settings, or via the 'Routing' tab in the user's settings in the VPOP3 administration console. This script affects how VPOP3 will handle how messages text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:users_autoresponders?rev=1542192349&do=diff Users.Autoresponders table The Users.Autoresponders table contains the users' autoresponder definitions Columns * autoresponderid - this is a numeric id of the autoresponder entry (primary key) * owneruser - this is the numeric id of the user which the autoresponder belongs to (or 0 for a 'template' autoresponder) text/html 2024-10-29T16:06:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.base64?rev=1730217971&do=diff VPOP3.Base64 Added in VPOP3 8.7 This function returns a Base64 string encoding of the supplied parameter VPOP3.Base64(text) or VPOP3.Base64(byte-array) It can be passed either a text string or a table containing one byte per table-entry (eg as returned from the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.getmessagelines?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3.GetMessageLines The Lua function 'VPOP3.GetMessageLines' retrieves content lines from the message currently being processed This function is only available in the ProcessMessage function of the POP3CLT.LUA or SMTPSVR.LUA scripts. It takes one parameter: * number - number of lines to retrieve text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.getmessagepart?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3.GetMessagePart The Lua function 'VPOP3.GetMessagePart' retrieves a MIME part of the message currently being processed. This function is only available in the ProcessMessage function of the POP3CLT.LUA or SMTPSVR.LUA scripts. It takes one parameter: * The MIME part 'Path' from the MimeStructure parameter to the ProcessMessage function text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.getmessagepartbody?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3.GetMessagePartBody The Lua function 'VPOP3.GetMessagePartBody' retrieves the content of a MIME part of the message currently being processed. This function is only available in the ProcessMessage function of the POP3CLT.LUA or SMTPSVR.LUA scripts. It takes one parameter: text/html 2024-10-29T16:08:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.hexstring?rev=1730218081&do=diff VPOP3.HexString Added in VPOP3 8.7 This function returns a Hex string encoding of the supplied parameter VPOP3.HexString(text) or VPOP3.HexString(byte-array) It can be passed either a text string or a table containing one byte per table-entry (eg as returned from the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.messageseek?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3.MessageSeek The Lua function 'VPOP3.MessageSeek' sets an internal read pointer to the specified location of the message being processed This function is only available in the ProcessMessage function of the POP3CLT.LUA or SMTPSVR.LUA scripts. It takes one parameter: text/html 2021-03-09T16:42:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3net.gethttp?rev=1615308164&do=diff VPOP3Net.GetHTTP This function takes a single parameter * the URL to retrieve. This can be http:// or https:// The function returns two values * a table containing the result of the GET * Host - the hostname * File - the filename * Headers - a table containing the response headers