https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-13T04:43:54+00:00 https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg 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/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: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 2018-12-05T15:24:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:how_can_i_place_an_order?rev=1544023484&do=diff How can I place an order Online The easiest way to place an order is online. Click on the Purchase item in our website navigation bar, and select the appropriate product. You will be presented with a price list. Choose the required item and click the 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 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:download_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff Download Rules Download rules are a facility in VPOP3 where it can look at message summary information before downloading a message from an ISP POP3 mailbox (they do not work on incoming SMTP messages - use SMTP Rules for that) To edit download rules, go to text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lan_forwarding_queue_status?rev=1542192349&do=diff LAN Forwarding Queue Status To view the LAN Forwarding Queue Status, go to Settings -> Local Mail -> LAN Forwarding -> Queue Status The LAN Forwarding Queue shows the messages which VPOP3 has currently got queued to be sent to another mail server on your network using SMTP. The LAN Forwarding Queue status page shows a simple list of the messages waiting to be sent. The four columns in the table show: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:copy_outgoing_mail?rev=1542192349&do=diff Copy Outgoing mail Sometimes people need to copy outgoing mail for various reasons. There are several ways of doing this in VPOP3 depending on your exact requirements: * Message Monitoring - this copies all outgoing, incoming and/or internal mail sent by/to specific users to another specific user 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/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/how_to:limit_size_of_sent_mail?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to limit size of sent mail There are several ways to limit the size of mail which can be sent * Limit the size of mail accepted by the SMTP component of VPOP3 * Limit the size sent for a particular user * Limit size based on 'rules' * Limit size based on text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:outlook_outlook_express_are_sending_mail_repeatedly?rev=1542192349&do=diff Outlook / Outlook Express is sending mail repeatedly If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express you may occasionally find that mail is being sent repeatedly. There are a couple of possible reasons for this which we know of Sending taking too long 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:listserver_commands?rev=1542192349&do=diff ListServer Commands The ListServer is an automated process in VPOP3 which manages mailing lists. People can send commands to the ListServer to perform various functions remotely. Whether these commands are allowed, and exactly how they work depends on the particular mailing list's settings. 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 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: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:summary_log_file_format?rev=1542192349&do=diff Summary Log File Format VPOP3 creates a file called SUMMARY.LOG in the VPOP3 directory which contains summary information which is compiled daily into a daily summary reports sent to the administrator. VPOP3 can keep these summary logs in a subdirectory called text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:gdpr_for_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff GDPR for VPOP3 self-hosted software VPOP3 is an email server program, it is not a service, so if you use VPOP3 on your own computer we are not a “data controller” or a “data processor” under GDPR rules as we never see any of your data (unless you give us permission to remotely connect to your PC for technical support purposes). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:outgoing_mail?rev=1542192349&do=diff Outgoing Mail * Create a Mail Sender * Route MX Sent (Direct) Outbound Mail Through Your ISP's Relay Server * ISP needs SSL connection * ISP needs you to connect on port 587 * ISP needs SMTP Authentication * ISP Needs POP3 Before SMTP Authentication * Limit size of sent mail * Require SMTP Authentication when users send mail to VPOP3 * Sending different users' mail through different ISP relay accounts * Restricting number of messages sent (per hour etc) * Restricting numbe… 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 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: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:misc_external_fax?rev=1542192349&do=diff Misc -> External Fax Tab Settings -> Misc Settings -> External Fax The External Fax tab is for use with some external fax server applications which work by collecting mail from a POP3 mailbox. If a Fax Server Mailbox is selected, then VPOP3 will automatically send any locally sent mail to that mailbox if the recipient is local, but doesn't match another local address (a user, list, mapping etc), 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: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 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:webmail_menu?rev=1542192349&do=diff Webmail Menu bar The Webmail Menu bar within VPOP3 webmail enables you to quickly perform relevant actions. The Menu has six main headings; of which, three have multiple options. Option Active Function V Notes Message Mail and View Message tabs Opens/closes Message menu text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/adminapi:outmsgrecipients?rev=1542192349&do=diff OutMsgRecipients Replacement Use: [~outmsgrecipients~] Required parameter: MsgID This returns a JSON array containing details on the recipients for the specified message in the VPOP3 out queue. There is one object returned per recipient, and the object is: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:encryption?rev=1542192349&do=diff Encryption There are several different encryption methods used on the Internet which are relevant to VPOP3. Current versions of VPOP3 Basic will be able to connect to other POP3 or SMTP servers using either SSL or TLS. This allows you to use VPOP3 to access services such as GMail which require SSL/TLS. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:imap4?rev=1542192349&do=diff IMAP4 Mail Protocol IMAP4 (Internet Mail Access Protocol version 4) is a more advanced protocol than POP3. With IMAP4 your mail is stored and manipulated on the mail server. So, if you move a message from one folder to the other, the message is moved on the server. If you send a message, your mail client will (usually) put a copy into your 'Sent Items' folder. If you delete a message, it is deleted from the server, and so on. 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/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 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 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_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 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 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: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: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:spamrules_statement_foreach?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: ForEach Statement ForEach Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Causes a loop to be run through for all values within specified criteria The ForEach statement requires either two or three parameters (depending on the type of loop that is being conducted), in the format 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 2025-10-14T15:43:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:gdpr_hosted_vpop3?rev=1760456581&do=diff GDPR for hosted VPOP3 service (Since Brexit, the UK has “UK GDPR” instead of “EU GDPR”, so this document refers to UK GDPR) Also see GDPR for VPOP3 as most of that applies to the VPOP3 hosting service as well. This Data Processing Agreement is part of our hosted VPOP3 service terms. You can view the revision history by clicking on the 'clock' icon to the right. 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:daily_summary_does_not_show_all_sent_messages?rev=1542192349&do=diff Daily Summary is not reporting all Sent messages For VPOP3 to log outbound messages it needs to be able to work out that the message is FROM: a user whose mail is handled by the local VPOP3. To do this it has to examine the FROM: address in the message header. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:email_-_fax?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to send a fax by email using the VPOP3 FaxServer VPOP3 2.1.0 and later together with the VPOP3 FaxServer software allows you to send specially crafted emails to VPOP3 to have them sent as faxes. To do this, send an email to fax@<yourdomain> . The email subject will be the subject of the fax used on the fax cover page. The email should be in plain text (not text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:forwarded_emails_not_arriving?rev=1542192349&do=diff Forwarded Emails Not Arriving If you are having problems having VPOP3 forward incoming messages to an external address, but sending messages directly to that address works OK, and forwarding internal messages to that address works OK, then the problem may be the SMTP return address which VPOP3 is using. 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:redirect_message_for_a_user_if_the_sender_is_a_particular_email_address?rev=1542192349&do=diff Redirect message for a user if a sender is a particular email address Say you want messages addressed to 'user1' to be redirected to 'user2' if they came from customer@domain.com This is an unusual requirement, so there is no way to do it in VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:route_mx_sent_direct_outbound_mail_through_your_isp_s_relay_server?rev=1542192349&do=diff Route MX Sent (Direct) Outbound Mail Through Your ISP Some mail providers (for example Hotmail, AOL and GMail) will reject mail sent from servers running on dynamic IP addresses. It is possible to route such mail through your ISP's relay server whilst still sending most mail direct to the recipient server using MX text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:sender_policy_framework?rev=1542192349&do=diff Sender Policy Framework / SPF SPF is a system used to tell mail servers which IP addresses can send mail from which domains. It is designed to reduce 'spoofing' of email addresses. For instance, if you receive an email message from your bank, your mail software can check that it came from an IP address authorised to send mail from your bank, and treat the message with suspicion if it didn't come from an authorised IP address. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:smtp_client_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 - SMTP Client Problem These errors occur whilst VPOP3 is communicating with your ISP's SMTP mail server to send your mail. If the message text is: Error with SMTP Client (XXXX (YY)) The server connection was closed unexpectedly Then this means that the the connection between VPOP3 and your ISP's SMTP mail server was closed when VPOP3 did not expect it to be. This can be caused by the network connection failing or a bug in the ISP's mail server which drops the connection in abnormal circ… 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: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:using_a_mobile_phone_with_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using a Mobile Phone with VPOP3 Many people want to use a mobile phone to send/receive their email nowadays. This is usually easy to do with VPOP3. The recommended way is to have the phone connect directly to VPOP3 for sending/receiving email. To do this, you need to do three things: 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 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 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 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:import_users_from_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff Import Users From File VPOP3 supports the importation and exportation of users, via a CSV file (see for a specification of the CSV file format). NOTE: This process is not designed to provide a complete backup of user data, nor is it intended to facilitate moving VPOP3 to a new computer. Instead, see the following relevant pages: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logging?rev=1542192349&do=diff Logging Activity Summary Reports You can tell VPOP3 to send you a daily summary report each day. To do this check the box to say Send daily summary logs to, and choose the appropriate user (or “Main Administrator” if you want the reports to be sent to the text/html 2026-02-24T15:50:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_smtp_mx_server_rules?rev=1771948203&do=diff Lua SMTP MX Server Rules Every time VPOP3 checks for remote MX server for sending messages using direct MX sending, it runs a script called mxserverrules.lua which can be created/edited in Settings -> Scripts (or in the VPOP3 directory in VPOP3 v6.6 or earlier). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:mail_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail tab The Mail tab within VPOP3 webmail enables you to manage your sent and received messages. As you can see from the screenshot, the page is divided into three main sections: Menu bar General tab bar Status bar [Mail tab - VPOP3 Version 5 Webmail] Page structure Mail toolbar The Mail toolbar contains the following buttons: 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: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:quarantine_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff Quarantine tab The Quarantine tab within VPOP3 webmail is where you view and manage messages that have been quarantined by VPOP3's spam filter. As you can see from the screenshot, unlike many of the other webmail tabs, it is not divided into multiple sections: 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:reports?rev=1542192349&do=diff Reports The Reports tab lets you access various reports about VPOP3 or message history. For many of reports to work, you need to have previously enabled historical logging. The currently available reports are listed below. To view a report, click on its name at the left of the page text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:sender_advanced_relay_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Sender Advanced Relay Settings SMTP Return Address The SMTP Return Address (or Return Path) is a hidden part of a message which says where bounce messages (and other automated responses) should be sent. (It is not the same as the Reply address text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:sent_message_summary?rev=1542192349&do=diff Sent message summary This will display the number of messages sent and total size over the past month. (It counts each recipient as its own message). You must have Historical Logging enabled in VPOP3 (Settings -> Logging) 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: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 2023-01-18T15:57:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spam_filter_rules?rev=1674057433&do=diff Spam Filter Rules VPOP3 Versions 2.1.7 and later have a built-in spam filter system which supports a simple script language optimised for content- and spam-filtering of email messages. This reference contains a definition of the spam filtering script language supported by VPOP3. Note that as later versions of VPOP3 are released, more language features may be added, so this reference indicates in which version of VPOP3 a particular feature was added. 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 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 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/adminapi:userruleconditions?rev=1542192349&do=diff UserRuleConditions Replacement Use: ~userruleconditions~ <format string> ~end~ Required parameter: Account, RuleId This returns the message rule conditions for the specified rule The format string can have the replacements * id - numeric ID of the condition text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:gdpr_other_hosting?rev=1542192349&do=diff GDPR for other hosting services (eg web hosting) As a hosted service provider, we are classed as a “Data Processor” under the GDPR regulations. For our hosting services: * Data is held in the UK. Data is not transmitted outside of the EU except at your explicit request or command. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:lost_licence_details?rev=1542192349&do=diff Lost Licence Details If you have lost your VPOP3 licence key, we will be able to find it for you, but we do have to make a nominal charge of £5.00 (+ VAT if applicable) to search for it as it is a time consuming task. If you need us to do this search, then email sales@pscs.co.uk. text/html 2021-06-29T08:35:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:smtp_relay_service?rev=1624955743&do=diff SMTP Relay Service FAQ We provide an SMTP Relay Service for many of our customers. The price starts from £40 (+VAT if applicable) per year, for up to 5000 messages, or 750MB, per month. How do I order the SMTP Relay Service? To order the SMTP relay service, either email text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:website_login?rev=1542192349&do=diff How do I login to the PSCS website? You can access your licence details and invoices on the www.pscs.co.uk website. To log into the website click the Login button at the top right of the website. You will log in using the email address you specified linked to your account (usually the email address you used when placing your order) and your password. The password is initially randomly generated and emailed to you with your invoice(s). If you have not received the password, or have forgotten i… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:will_i_receive_a_vat_invoice?rev=1542192349&do=diff Will I receive a VAT invoice? We always send out VAT invoices for all purchases. These are sent as PDF files by email within a few days after your purchase. You can also access the invoices on our website, by logging into our website using your login details. vat invoice 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:552_5.2.3_message_too_large_-_contact_your_administrator?rev=1542192349&do=diff 552 5.2.3 Message too large - contact your administrator Or 552 5.2.3 Message exceeds fixed maximum message size If this error message is coming from VPOP3 when you are sending a message, it means that the message you are sending is prohibited by your VPOP3 settings. There are two places where the size limit could be set. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:automatically_forwarding_spam_to_the_pscs_spamtraps?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to automatically forward spam to the PSCS spamtrap Spam filter companies use “spamtraps” to catch samples of spam for analysis so filters can be updated. We do this here as well. Most types of spam are already caught by our spam traps, however sometimes people get lots of spam which gets through the filter because their particular type of spam does not currently get sent to our spam traps. 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 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_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:delete_an_outgoing_message?rev=1542192349&do=diff Delete an outgoing message To delete an outgoing message, go into the VPOP3 settings, then go to the 'Users' page. At the top of the page will be a line saying Outgoing Message Queue. Click on that line, and this will show you all the messages waiting to go out. You can now select the message(s) in question, and press the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:delete_outqueue_messages_directly_from_the_database?rev=1542192349&do=diff Delete OutQueue messages directly from the database If there is an extremely large number of messages (eg hundreds of thousands) in the VPOP3 OutQueue, then it may take a very long time for VPOP3 v5 and later to start as it check the message database tables for consistency during initialisation. 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: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 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 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:incoming_smtp_feed?rev=1542192349&do=diff Incoming SMTP Feed An incoming SMTP feed is where incoming mail is sent directly to your mail server without going through your ISP's POP3 mail server on the way. Advantages An incoming SMTP feed has several advantages over going via a POP3 mailbox: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:initial_user?rev=1542192349&do=diff Initial User When you install VPOP3 it will ask you to create an initial user. This counts towards your user count and is created as your initial administrator account. More administrator accounts can be created later if you wish, and you can remove the initial user if you wish. text/html 2019-11-12T16:09:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:move_vpop3?rev=1573574974&do=diff How To: Move VPOP3 You can usually move VPOP3 without having to uninstall and reinstall. It is best to move VPOP3 rather than reinstalling from scratch on the new PC or in the new location, because that way you can keep all your existing settings, rather than having to try to recreate them. 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: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:problems_sending_messages_to_spam_your_domain?rev=1542192349&do=diff Problems sending messages to spam@<your domain> If a VPOP3 user forwards a message to spam@<your domain>, then the VPOP3 spam filter will train itself that that message was spam. If, when you forward the message, you get an error message like: Subject: Mail Delivery Failure Delivery Failure Report. The following message was incorrectly addressed. Recipient: "spam" is unrecognised. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:remove_messages_from_the_outbound_queue?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to remove messages from the outbound queue To delete messages from the VPOP3 'OutQueue': * log into the VPOP3 settings * go to the Users page * click on the OutQueue entry in the accounts list. This will show you a list of all the messages waiting to be sent by VPOP3 text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:require_smtp_authentication?rev=1542192349&do=diff Require SMTP Authentication There are some situations where VPOP3 needs to know who is sending mail. This may be if you have VPOP3 configured to behave differently depending on who is sending messages - eg if you have different message size limits depending on the sender, or if you have message monitoring configured for certain users, or you don't want certain people to be able to send mail at all. 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: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 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:smtp_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Rules Download rules are applied to messages which arrive at VPOP3 using SMTP - either locally sent messages, or incoming messages received through an SMTP mail feed. To configure the rules, go to the VPOP3 settings, then Services -> SMTP Service text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:training_the_spam_filter?rev=1542192349&do=diff Training the VPOP3 Spam Filter The VPOP3 spam filter has a couple of mechanisms which can be used to 'train' it to distinguish between spam and not-spam. Bayesian Filter The Bayesian filter this looks at words in messages sent and received and their probabilities of being contained in spam and not-spam, and works out an overall probability of the message being spam or not-spam based on the combination of those probabilities. 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 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 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:vpop3_historical_logger_backlog?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Historical Logger Backlog This problem is primarily related to VPOP3 versions 2.5 -> 2.6. Theoretically it could happen on later versions, but would be extremely unusual (see the note at the bottom if you are using version 3.0 or later) You get an error message with subject text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:when_sending_mail_vpop3_adds_prvs_.._to_the_sender_address?rev=1542192349&do=diff When sending mail, VPOP3 adds 'PRVS=...' to the sender address This is because VPOP3 version 5 and later support BATV. BATV helps to eliminate 'backscatter spam', where someone else sends spam pretending to be from you, and then you receive all the bounce messages from those messages. BATV encodes the sender address in a special way so that VPOP3 can detect that a bounce message is in response to a message that you actually sent. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:write_your_own_spam_filter_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to write your own spam filter rules VPOP3's spam filter uses a basic scripting language designed for filtering email messages, so a full description of writing your own rules would be very long and complex, as it is really something that only a programmer should do. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/mailapi:userruleconditions?rev=1542192349&do=diff UserRuleConditions Replacement Use: ~userruleconditions~ <format string> ~end~ Required parameter: RuleId This returns the message rule conditions for the specified rule The format string can have the replacements * id - numeric ID of the condition * field - field/data to test 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: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_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 2026-03-23T15:29:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:autoresponder_global_script?rev=1774279769&do=diff Autoresponder Global Scripting For scripting to modify the autoresponder text which is embedded in the autoresponder itself, see Autoresponder Scripting The Autoresponder Global Script is executed for every autoresponse. It is stored in the 'Autoresponder.lua' script in Settings → Scripts 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:imap4_advanced?rev=1542192349&do=diff IMAP4 -> Advanced tab This page is reached from Services -> IMAP4 Server, then the Advanced tab. Here are some advanced options for the IMAP4 service in VPOP3 Fake access to inaccessible mailboxes In the IMAP4 service you may have folders which do not exist. For instance, if you are accessing a shared Inbox folder from a user called 'Karen', then their folder will be called 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 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:local_mail_general?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Local Mail -> General The Local Mail -> General page allows you to configure a few simple, but fundamentally important settings. Default Domain In the majority† of cases, this is the domain name that VPOP3 will use when sending automated messages; for instance, users may receive a message from 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 2019-08-27T16:13:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_monitor_script?rev=1566922420&do=diff Monitor Scripting (Added in V6.15) This script has three functions: * MonitorIncoming * MonitorInternal * MonitorOut The functions are similar, except they are called when different messages are to be monitored (incoming, internal and outgoing messages respectively). 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 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:misc_general?rev=1542192349&do=diff Misc -> General Tab VPOP3 Host Name The VPOP3 Host Name is used by VPOP3 when it is telling other mail software what it is called. For instance, when it connects to another SMTP server it will send the host name as the parameter for the HELO or EHLO command, and when an SMTP client connects to VPOP3, it announces its name in the welcome banner as required by the SMTP standard. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:new_message_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff New message tab The New message tab within VPOP3 webmail is where you prepare, edit and send messages, including replies and forwards. As you can see from the screenshot, the page is divided into two main sections: Menu bar General tab bar Status bar [New message tab - VPOP3 Version 5 Webmail] Page structure New message toolbar 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: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: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 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:smtp_spam_reduction?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Server -> Spam Reduction The Spam Reduction tab lets you configure various ways VPOP3 can reduce spam and email address spoofing Domainkeys “Domainkeys” is a way of signing a message to show that it comes from the person it claims to come from. The system is too complex to go into here, but it essentially takes key parts of the message header, as well as the message body and creates a PKI digital signature on it, using a 'private key' on your system. The receiving end will find the same… 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_addrandomtexttosubject?rev=1542192349&do=diff Use the spam filter scripting to add random text to the subject on incoming messages This needs VPOP3 version 5 or later. This script is for the case where you want a message to the 'support' user to have the text [XXX-99999] added to an incoming message's subject if it does not already exist. Some people want this text to use as reference numbers for a 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 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 2022-01-25T11:59:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_ipwhitelist?rev=1643111967&do=diff Allow messages through from a specific IP address This script allows messages through the spam filter if they arrive at VPOP3 from a specific SMTP sender (only when the message is sent directly to VPOP3 using SMTP, not via another server). Add the following to the spamrules_userlocal.txt file. This script file gets processed on all messages. 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_manylinks?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamrules example - increase spam score if there are many links in the email This script is for the case where you to increase the spamminess of emails where the email contains many links - in this case we'll say if the email contains 10 or more links. Note that we do not necessarily recommend that you do this as it is not a very good indicator of spam, and will probably catch a lot of newsletter type emails, but it is something we've been asked for, so here it is. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_httpget?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: HTTPGet Statement HTTPGet Version 2.3.7+ Purpose Enables the script to retrieve a web page The HTTPGet statement requires a url, headers variable name and content variable name, in the format HTTPGet <url> <headers variable name> <content variable name> text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_httpgetmd5?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: HTTPGetMD5 Statement HTTPGetMD5 Version 2.3.7+ Purpose Enables the script to retrieve a web page, returning an MD5 hash of its contents in hex encoded form The HTTPGetMD5 statement requires a url, headers variable name and MD5 hash variable name, 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_httppost?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: HTTPPost Statement HTTPPost Version 2.4.9+ Purpose Enables the script to post data to a web server The HTTPPost statement requires a url, data string, headers variable name and content variable name, in the format HTTPPost <url> <data string> <headers variable name> <content variable name> 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_removebag?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: RemoveBag Statement RemoveBag Version 2.2.1+ Purpose Removes a specified value from a bag The RemoveBag statement requires a bag name and a value, in the format RemoveBag <bag name> <value> * If the value is found in the bag, it is removed text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_winhttpget?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: WinHTTPGet Statement WinHTTPGet Version 2.4.9+ Purpose Enables the script to retrieve a web page using the WinINET functionality The WinHTTPGet statement requires a url, headers variable name and content variable name, 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 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:status_monitor?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Status Monitor The VPOP3 status monitor allows users to see what VPOP3 is doing, and also, optionally, to send/receive simple 'instant messages' between local users. Different users can have different permissions for the status monitor. They can be set for all administrators or non-administrators on text/html 2026-03-16T11:02:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:useful_database_queries?rev=1773658952&do=diff Useful Database Queries Below are some database (SQL) queries which may be useful in some situations. You can run these from the 'psql' program at the command prompt. Some can also be run from the Settings -> Database -> Query page in the VPOP3 settings. 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:user_message_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Rules The Edit User -> Message Rules tab can be used to create/edit rules which are processed when messages arrive in a User's mailbox. They can be used to copy messages, mark them as read, delete them, etc VPOP3 will process Message Rules in the order they appear in the list. If you want to change the order of the rules, you can drag & drop them into the correct order. Usually when VPOP3 has processed a rule, it will go on to check further rules, but you can use the 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:user_routing?rev=1542192349&do=diff User Routing Options Assistant The assistant for a user is an email address (or set of email addresses, separated by semicolons) where incoming messages to this user will be copied or redirected. Normally messages will be copied to the assistant, but if 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?rev=1542192349&do=diff Users The Users page shows the list of users, as well as giving you some actions which you can perform use the user list. * Import users from file * Import users from Windows * Export users to file * Bulk Add Users * Edit User Welcome Message * Send Admin Message * Edit a User User List Outgoing Messages Just above the main user list is an entry Outgoing Message Queue. Clicking on this will let you see which messages are waiting to be sent out, and you can delete/ text/html 2021-08-09T10:58:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.sendmessage?rev=1628506726&do=diff VPOP3.SendMessage The Lua function 'VPOP3.SendMessage' sends a text email message It takes four parameters: * The email address of the sender * The email address of the recipient * The subject line * The message body The function returns one value: text/html 2021-03-09T16:37:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:vpop3.setsetting?rev=1615307830&do=diff VPOP3.SetSetting The Lua function 'VPOP3.SetSetting' sets a general setting forVPOP3 It takes two parameters: * The name of the setting. This can either by the 'Name' field of the 'Settings.Settings' database table or the internal setting name * The data to set (must be a string) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:webmail_tabs?rev=1542192349&do=diff Webmail Tabs From version 4 onwards, VPOP3 webmail has a tabbed structure, which enables you to move between various screens with minimal effort. By using tabs, the entire webmail can be loaded in one go - so there is no need to waste time and bandwidth by downloading the same key components each time you switch between the various parts of the webmail. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:whats_new_in_version_5_webmail?rev=1542192349&do=diff What's new in version 5 webmail? This is a list of some of the most noticeable changes to VPOP3's webmail interface for version 5. For a more detailed list of changes, view our bugtracker. [VPOP3 Version 5 - mobile compatible webmail] Mobile compatible webmail If you access version 5 webmail from a mobile device, you will probably be redirected to the mobile compatible version. It is a cut-down version of Webmail, which retains the key features, but doesn't utilise the extra features which w…