https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-13T05:15:44+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:err_mailbox_locked?rev=1542192349&do=diff -ERR Mailbox Locked error If your email client displays an '-ERR Mailbox Locked' or '-ERR [IN-USE] Mailbox Locked' error when trying to log into VPOP3 it means that the mailbox is locked. The POP3 standard requires that POP3 mailboxes have an 'exclusive lock' on them when they are in use. This means that only one POP3 client can access the mailbox at once. Also, if a POP3 mailbox is currently accessing a mailbox, then no IMAP4, Webmail or administrator access is allowed to the mailbox at the s… 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:exchange_2007?rev=1542192349&do=diff Exchange 2007 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. You should first of all set up VPOP3 to send and receive Internet email as normal. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:using_vpop3_with_microsoft_exchange?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using VPOP3 with Microsoft Exchange Server 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. You should first of all set up VPOP3 to send and receive Internet email as described in the online help. text/html 2026-04-21T11:12:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v5_-_move_to_a_new_pc?rev=1776769960&do=diff Move VPOP3 Version 5 (or later) to a new PC Moving VPOP3 Version 5 or later to a new PC is slightly different from moving earlier versions, because of the database system, which was introduced for version 3 and modified for version 5. The summary of steps is: * Stop VPOP3 on the original PC text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:creating_extra_smtp_services?rev=1542192349&do=diff Creating Extra SMTP Services In VPOP3 Enterprise (not VPOP3 Basic) you can create multiple SMTP services. This can be useful if you want VPOP3 to listen on different ports and/or have different settings. There are two ways of doing this. Have a single SMTP service listening on multiple ports or IP addresses text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:encrypt_sessions?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Encrypt Sessions VPOP3 Enterprise 2.6 and later supports SSL/STARTTLS encrypted sessions to VPOP3 itself. So, the email client or web browser will encrypt the data passed to VPOP3 so it cannot be intercepted. This requires an SSL Certificate to be created for VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:handling_mail_for_multiple_incoming_domains?rev=1542192349&do=diff Handling mail for multiple incoming domains VPOP3 can easily handle mail for several incoming domains. Exactly how you do it depends on the exact situation. All domains are 'aliases' If the domains are aliases of each other, for instance, you have 'mycompany.com' and 'mycompany.org', both of which are the same, so each address at mycompany.com also exists at mycompany.org, and the emails go to the same people regardless of which domain is used, then you simply configure the domains in the ma… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:imap4?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using IMAP4 with VPOP3 Enterprise VPOP3 Enterprise supports IMAP4 email clients (VPOP3 Basic does not). With IMAP4 the email folders and messages are stored on the mail server. The email client then synchronises with the server. Also, unlike with POP3, several things can access the same mailbox at once. 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:too_many_logins?rev=1542192349&do=diff "Too many logins" error message VPOP3 version 4 and later have a limit on the number of concurrent logins which can be received for a single user or from a single IP address. This is to prevent a single user from bringing the server down. The current default limits are 20 per user, or 1000 per IP address (to allow multiple people sharing a NAT IP address) 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:backscatter?rev=1542192349&do=diff Backscatter In email, “backscatter” is the term used if you send bounce messages back to spam messages. As most spam messages use forged email addresses, then the bounce messages will go to an innocent person, who will find them very annoying. Stopping VPOP3 from sending Backscatter text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:installation_conflicts?rev=1542192349&do=diff Installation conficts During installation, the installer program does some basic checks for conflicting software. This is software which is providing the same services as the VPOP3 software - i.e. SMTP, POP3 and/or LDAP services. For POP3/SMTP it will show the text which the conflicting software announces itself as. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:iphone?rev=1542192349&do=diff Setting up an iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch To set up an iPhone to access VPOP3's mail, you first of all need to configure VPOP3 to allow access by remote users (unless you will only be using the iPhone in the office, connected via WiFi to the office LAN). Adding the mail account to your iPhone/iPad 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:sharing_folders?rev=1542192349&do=diff Sharing IMAP4 folders Some email clients will allow you to share IMAP4 folders from within the client itself (eg eM Client) or have plugins to allow this (eg Mozilla Thunderbird with the Imap-ACL extension). In that case, you will need to see the documentation for that to set up sharing. text/html 2020-07-22T10:32:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:signing_outgoing_mail_with_dkim?rev=1595413960&do=diff Signing outgoing mail with DKIM DKIM, also known as DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a form of email authentication that digitally signs emails to prove that they were sent from authorized domains and aren't fake emails. Companies like Google and Yahoo use DKIM to sign their emails and it is becoming ever more popular. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_licence_key?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to upgrade your VPOP3 licence You can purchase a VPOP3 upgrade by going to <http://www.pscs.co.uk/buynow/vpop3_upgrade.php> You will need to enter your current licence details, and the website will give you your upgrade options. If you want to upgrade the licence size or from VPOP3 Basic to VPOP3 Enterprise at the same time as upgrading to the latest version of VPOP3, then choose the 'Upgrade to the latest version' option, and you will be given further choices of licence upgrades you can … text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Upgrade VPOP3 Note: if you are upgrading to VPOP3 version 5 or later from version 4 or earlier, please see How To Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5 Upgrading VPOP3 is a straightforward process. Download VPOP3 from our web site and ideally back up your current installation just in case something goes wrong. Then simply run the installer that you downloaded and install it over the top of your existing VPOP3. All your settings and mail will be preserved. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v2_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Move VPOP3 Version 2 to a New Folder/Drive on the same PC (Also applies to version 1.x) To move VPOP3 to a new folder or drive on the same PC you should go through the following steps: * Copy the VPOP3 directory and subdirectories from the old folder to the new folder. 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 -> text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10048?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10048 - Specified Address Already in Use This error only normally occurs during VPOP3 startup. It occurs if some other software running on the same machine as VPOP3 is using one of the ports that VPOP3 is already using. This could be a proxy like WinGate, WinProxy or anti-virus software that acts as a proxy, an LDAP server (e.g. Active Directory) or another mail server program (e.g. Exchange Server). The latter two causes are particularly common on text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10055?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10055 - No Buffer Space Available Error 10055 means that Windows has run out of TCP/IP socket buffers because too many connections are open at once. Things to check if this happens are: * Is there any other TCP/IP software running on the same PC as VPOP3 - eg a proxy server text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:autoresponders_out_of_office?rev=1542192349&do=diff Autoresponders / Out of Office VPOP3 has an autoresponder facility for sending automatic replies when a message arrives in a mailbox. This is often used for 'Out of Office' replies, but it is not limited to that use. To set an autoresponder, the administrator can edit the user and go to the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:changing_a_user_s_password?rev=1542192349&do=diff Changing a user's password To change a user's password in VPOP3, you should log into the VPOP3 settings, go to the 'Users' page, then double-click on the user whose password you want to change. This will bring up a window giving you access to the user's settings. Go to the 'Passwords' tab where you can set the passwords. text/html 2025-08-18T15:28:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:configure_srs?rev=1755530891&do=diff Configure SRS In VPOP3 8.8 and later, you can use Lua scripting to implement 'SRS' (Sender Rewriting Scheme') in VPOP3 This involves adding a couple of functions to rewrite outgoing return paths in 'relayout.lua' or 'mxout.lua' as appropriate and a couple of functions to redirect rewritten bounce message recipients in 'smtpsvr.lua' text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:create_a_connection_method?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Create a Connection There are two ways that VPOP3 can be configured to connect to the Internet. Which one you use depends on the service provided by your ISP. Using a Permanent 'Always On' Connection This is the most common connection method. It assumes you are connecting to the Internet via a router which is permanently connected. In this scenario VPOP3 simply needs to connect to the router so setting up VPOP3 is very simple. text/html 2026-03-23T10:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:create_an_ssl_certificate?rev=1774261123&do=diff How to create an SSL Certificate VPOP3 Enterprise supports SSL certificates for encrypted sessions. The basic mechanism to create an SSL certificate is that you have to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) then send that to a CA (Certificate Authority) who will sign your certificate and give you the certificate back. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:database_maintenance?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database Maintenance VPOP3 uses the PostgreSQL database server for most of its data storage. Normally this will not require any special maintenance, because it will manage itself. To do any special database maintenance you will need to close down VPOP3 first, because PostgreSQL needs exclusive access to the database to perform any operations such as decreasing the size of database files. Note that these operations may take some time! There are some PostgreSQL utility programs in the VPOP3\pgs… 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:error_expanding_recipient_-_nesting_level_too_deep?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error expanding recipient - Nesting Level too deep You receive an error message saying: Error expanding recipient "<email address>" Nesting Level too deep (51) Check the configuration for loops (Note the '51' number may be slightly different - that's the nesting level - anything over 50 is detected as an error) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:error_sending_message_after_authentication?rev=1542192349&do=diff "Error Sending Message After Authentication" in Webmail If you get an error while sending a message using Webmail, such as “Error sending message after authentication - error 0 - text 502 Error: command not implemented” this means that you have another SMTP server running on the VPOP3 computer, and when the VPOP3 Webmail service tries to send the message it is sending it to this other SMTP server, rather than to the VPOP3 server. The Webmail service uses internal commands which the other SMTP… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:fax_global_address_book?rev=1542192349&do=diff Fax Printer Driver Address Book The VPOP3 Fax Printer Driver obtains address book details using LDAP. So, you must make sure that the VPOP3 LDAP service is enabled, and that the Fax Printer Driver has the correct VPOP3 address, and the same TCP/IP port defined to access the LDAP service as VPOP3 is using. 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:full_text_search?rev=1542192349&do=diff Full Text Search In VPOP3 Enterprise v7.0 a facility for full-text-search on message content was added. Because the full-text-search indexes can be quite big, this facility is optional. For several reasons, the full-text-search is stored in a separate PostgreSQL database. This means that it is not backed up with your standard backups. After a restore, the full-text-search index can be rebuilt from the raw message content. 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 m&uuml;ssen 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:how_to_share_domains_between_exchange_and_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to 'share' domains between Exchange and VPOP3 If you want to have a VPOP3 server and Exchange Server using the same email domain, then you need to ensure that Exchange does not think it is 'authoritative' for the domain in question. See <http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=321721> for details of how to do this in Exchange 2000 and 2003 (a similar process may be used in later versions of Exchange - contact your Microsoft Support technician if you need more help). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:how_to_tell_vpop3_some_users_in_the_local_domain_are_not_to_be_handled_by_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to tell VPOP3 that some users in the local domain are not to be handled by VPOP3 In some situations you will have a situation where most of your users are handled by VPOP3, but several users will collect their mail directly from a separate POP3 account on your ISP, even though they may have an email address on the same domain as other users. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:install_to_external_pgsql?rev=1542192349&do=diff Install VPOP3 using external PostgreSQL database (VPOP3 version 5 or later) In some cases, advanced users may wish to have VPOP3 use an external PostgreSQL database instead of the one installed with VPOP3. This is possible by telling VPOP3 the connection details during installation. text/html 2021-03-08T10:48:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:install_vpop3?rev=1615200520&do=diff How to Install VPOP3 Simply download VPOP3 from the website, and run the installation program and follow the prompts. Occasionally people may have problems with the PostgreSQL part of the installation. If that happens, please contact us either by email at support@pscs.co.uk or by phone to +44 (0)1484 855800, and we will do our best to help. 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:isp_needs_pop3_before_smtp_authentication?rev=1542192349&do=diff The ISP needs POP3 before SMTP authentication Some ISPs (especially in Germany) require you to log on to collect your POP3 mail before they will allow you to send any mail through their SMTP relay servers. VPOP3 actually connects to the POP3 server and SMTP server at the same time, so usually it will not have successfully logged onto the ISP's POP3 server before it tries to start sending mail. 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:performance_requirements?rev=1542192349&do=diff Performance Requirements The performance requirements for VPOP3 depends on many factors, so we can't give specific details for any scenario. How to detect limiting factors * Use the Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) * Add counters for: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:reinstall_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Reinstall VPOP3 To reinstall VPOP3 simply run the VPOP3 installer again, making sure that you do the install into the same directory as your current installation is in. Do NOT uninstall VPOP3 first, unless you are happy to lose all existing settings, messages, users etc. 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: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:restricting_number_of_email_recipients_sent?rev=1542192349&do=diff Restricting the number of recipients sent to Some ISPs set restrictions on the number of recipients that you are allowed to send in a certain time period, eg 50 messages per hour, or the number of recipients that you are allowed to send per message or per connection. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:restricting_number_of_messages_sent?rev=1542192349&do=diff Restricting the number of messages sent Some ISPs set restrictions on the number of messages that you are allowed to send in a certain time period, eg 50 messages per hour, or the number of messages that you are allowed to send per connection. Restriction of messages per connection text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:sending_mail_from_different_email_addresses_or_domains?rev=1542192349&do=diff Sending mail from different email addresses or domains VPOP3 does not (by default) place any restrictions on which email addresses or domains you can send mail from. However, there may be external restrictions on which email addresses/domains you can send from. For instance, if you send mail through your ISP's mail server, they may only allow you to send mail from specific addresses, or the domain you send mail from may have a sender policy defined, such as 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:troubleshooting_tips?rev=1542192349&do=diff Troubleshooting Tips Telnet One of the most basic, and useful, tools for troubleshooting email systems is a Telnet client. Installing Telnet Client Unfortunately, since Windows XP, Microsoft do not install the Telnet client into Windows by default, so you may need to install the Telnet client yourself. 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 2019-11-12T16:06:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v2_-_move_to_a_new_pc?rev=1573574804&do=diff How To Move VPOP3 Version 2 to a New PC (Also applies to version 1.x) To move VPOP3 to a new PC you should go through the following steps: * Copy the VPOP3 files * Copy the VPOP3 directory and subdirectories from the old PC to the new PC. (If you are moving to Windows Vista/2008/7/2012/8 or later, do NOT copy the files to a 'Program Files' folder on the new PC. Recent versions of Windows have special protection for those folders, which is not compatible with VPOP3) 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 2018-12-05T15:25:24+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 2018-12-05T15:25:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1544023541&do=diff How to move VPOP3 V3 to a new folder This guide assumes you want to move the whole of VPOP3 (including the message store) to a new folder on the same PC * Stop VPOP3 * Stop PostgreSQL * Remove the PostgreSQL service * Move VPOP3 to the new folder 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 2021-03-19T16:01:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v5_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1616169708&do=diff How to move VPOP3 V5+ to a new folder This guide assumes you want to move the whole of VPOP3 (including the message store) to a new folder on the same PC * Stop VPOP3 * Stop VPOP3DB * Remove the VPOP3DB service * Move VPOP3 to the new folder 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: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