https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-06T11:50:42+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:calendar_on_ios?rev=1542192349&do=diff Configuring Calendar on iOS These instructions are for configuring a new Calendar account on iOS for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The version of iOS used for these instructions is iOS v6.0, but they will probably work or help with other versions of iOS. 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:ical_on_mac_osx?rev=1542192349&do=diff Configuring iCal on Mac OSX to connect to VPOP3's CalDAV service This requires VPOP3 v6 or later. The following instructions are for Mac OS X v10.7.5 but should work with similar versions. We have not been able to create an account by going to System Preferences text/html 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: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: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:restore_a_backup_of_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Restore a backup of VPOP3 The instructions below are to restore a full backup. You may also be able to recover deleted messages if you do not need to restore a full backup. Version 5 or later If you just need to restore a database backup, see steps 4 to 7 below. text/html 2025-12-17T09:19:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:restore_a_database_backup?rev=1765963180&do=diff Restore a database backup By default VPOP3 makes a daily backup of the VPOP3 database to a file 'DBBACK-n.DMP' in the VPOP3 installation directory (it is possible to change this in the settings). These are cycled on a weekly basis so you will usually have the last seven days' worth of backups. These can be useful if the database gets damaged somehow. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:calendars?rev=1542192349&do=diff Calendars To use the calendar facility in VPOP3 you need a CalDAV aware client. We have tested it with the free Mozilla Sunbird & Lightning products as well as the emClient email client. These products need a URL to be able to access the CalDAV data store. Once you have the URL (see below), copy it into the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:exchange_2003?rev=1542192349&do=diff Setting up VPOP3 to work with Exchange 2003 The instructions below are for Exchange Server 2003. For other versions of Exchange see here. You can link VPOP3 to Exchange Server, so that Exchange Server sends outgoing mail through VPOP3 and VPOP3 sends any incoming mail directly to Exchange Server. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:allow_remote_access_to_vpop3_mailboxes?rev=1542192349&do=diff Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes Sometimes people want to be able to access their office VPOP3 mail server from a remote site or mobile phone etc. These instructions assume you have a permanent Internet connection (eg ADSL, Cable etc). If you don't have a permanent Internet connection, see text/html 2022-01-26T10:47:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:calendar_in_mozilla_lightning?rev=1643194055&do=diff Calendars in Mozilla Thunderbird The Thunderbird email client supports CalDAV calendars as standard. This can be used to access VPOP3's CalDAV server. To add a VPOP3 CalDAV calendar to Mozilla Thunderbirdis straightforward * Add the calendar to Thunderbird text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:mozilla_thunderbird?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to configure Mozilla Thunderbird This article won't show you all the possible settings in Thunderbird, because there are so many. Thunderbird is one of the most powerful & flexible email clients available at the time of writing, especially if you use IMAP4 (with VPOP3 Enterprise). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:postgresql_server_won_t_start_due_to_damaged_log_files?rev=1542192349&do=diff PostgreSQL server won't start due to damaged log files If the PostgreSQL server won't start at all, because its transaction logs are damaged, you will probably need to recreate the database store totally. To rebuild the database: * Open a command prompt and find the VPOP\pgsql folder 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 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:accessing_webmail?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Access VPOP3's WebMail To access the VPOP3 WebMail facility open up a web browser and, in the address box type http://<ip address of VPOP3>:5108 Then, enter the relevant VPOP3 username & password See: VPOP3 Webmail Help, Allowing remote access to webmail text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:add_a_user?rev=1542192349&do=diff Add a user To add a user account in VPOP3 is very simple. * Go into the VPOP3 settings * Press the Users button at the top of the page to view the user list * Press the New button to create a new user * Enter the user account name and password, and press text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:calendars_on_em_client?rev=1542192349&do=diff Calendars on eM Client If you have used CalDAV calendars on Mozilla Lightning/Sunbird, then the eM Client configuration is quite different, but simple. To add a CalDAV account to eM Client * Go to Tools -> Accounts * Click New Account... * Open 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: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:encore_32_estate_agent_software?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to configure Encore 32 Estate Agent Software * Close down the Encore software * Open up the “Maintenance 32” program * Click on “Email Configuration” * Enter the IP address of the VPOP3 computer into the “SMTP Server address” 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: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:isp_needs_smtp_authentication?rev=1542192349&do=diff The ISP needs SMTP Authentication If your ISP needs you to use SMTP authentication when sending mail to them, then you just need to tell VPOP3 to use authentication when sending. Click the Mail Connectors button at the top of the page, then click on the relevant text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:make_vpop3_retry_outgoing_messages_immediately?rev=1542192349&do=diff Make VPOP3 retry outgoing messages immediately If VPOP3 has a temporary problem sending a message it will retry it later. When it will retry it depends on how many times it has already tried to send it, and is based on the 'Sender Retry' setting in the Mail Connectors 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/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:savservice.exe_runs_at_90_and_slows_the_computer_down?rev=1542192349&do=diff SAVSERVICE.EXE runs at 90%+ and slows the computer down If you are using Sophos Antivirus on the VPOP3 computer, you may encounter a situation where the computer runs very slowly. If you use the Processes tab in TaskManager you may notice that the SAVSERVICE.EXE process is using most of the CPU. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:setup_steps_for_multiple_pop3_accounts_at_the_isp?rev=1542192349&do=diff Setup steps for multiple POP3 accounts at the ISP * Set up all the local users you need in the 'Users' page in the VPOP3 settings. The usernames & passwords do not have to have any relation to the ISP's accounts. These are the details which the users will put in their email clients (eg Outlook) to collect their mail from VPOP3. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:spanish_webmail_language_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spanish Webmail Language File Copy/paste the text below to a file 'spanish.lng' or 'espanol.lng' in the VPOP3 directory. (Spanish users, feel free to update/correct the text below) #login page logintitle=VPOP3 Login webadminlogin=web admin login webmaillogin=web mail login enterusername=Especificar aca el usuario de Correo bookmarksnotsupported=Disculpe, pero su navegador no soporta esta funcion. loginfailed=Login Fallido - Favor reintente nuevamente invalidlogin=Detalles del login inválidos… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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:using_advanced_vpop3_features_with_lan_forwarding?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using VPOP3 Advanced Features with LAN Forwarding If you are wanting to use any of VPOP3's advanced features (such as mailing lists, message monitoring, wildcard aliases etc) because you are LAN forwarding to a less capable server, then you will usually need to have VPOP3 do all its normal message routing functions initially, then, as the final stage have it forward the messages on to the other server. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:using_vpop3_spam_filtering_with_lan_forwarding?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using VPOP3 Spam Filtering with LAN Forwarding When using the VPOP3 Spam filter with LAN forwarding you need to be aware a bit of how it works. The spam filter will only quarantine messages which are going to a VPOP3 user. This is because that user needs to be able to log into VPOP3 to be able to view their quarantined messages. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to move the VPOP3 Message Store to a new PC Use this option if you want to have VPOP3 running on one PC, but have the message store database on another PC. Manually Install PostgreSQL on the new PC Download the 'pgInstaller' version of PostgreSQL from the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_sending_high_volumes_of_unrecognised_mails?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Relay Protection in VPOP3 SMTP Relay Protection should be used on ALL SMTP mail servers (such as VPOP3) which have a permanent connection to the Internet. You may also want to use it on servers which are only connected occasionally via a dial-up connection. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Web Based Administration VPOP3 is administered through your web browser. You can access the administration settings by going to Start -> Programs -> VPOP3 -> Configure VPOP3 in Windows on the PC where VPOP3 is installed, or by right-clicking on the VPOP3 status monitor icon in the task tray, and choosing 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 ->