https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-13T03:22:52+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/faq:how_do_i_get_support?rev=1542192349&do=diff How do I get support? You can get support for our software products in several ways. By telephone * You can purchase an annual priority support contract. The cost depends on your current VPOP3 licence, and costs 50% of the licence price per year (with a minimum of £100) per software licence (+VAT if applicable) . This entitles you to software upgrades, remote support and telephone support during UK office hours and priority email support where we aim to respond to your email within 3 hours … text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:installed_new_router_and_now_nothing_works?rev=1542192349&do=diff We installed a new router and now nothing works If you installed a new router on your network and left it at the default settings, you may find that VPOP3 doesn't seem to work afterwards. This is because it may be that the new router allocates new IP addresses on your network. text/html 2022-10-01T11:36:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/start?rev=1664624204&do=diff VPOP3 Wiki Welcome to the VPOP3 Wiki. Here you will find VPOP3 documentation, FAQs and “How To” articles * FAQs * How Tos / Troubleshooting * Reference * Tips & Tricks If you want to add information, hints & tips, etc, you can register on this Wiki and modify or create new pages. Please don't ask questions on the Wiki; if you have a question, ask it on text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:can_you_remotely_log_into_our_vpop3_computer_to_fix_a_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff Can you remotely log into our VPOP3 computer to fix a problem? We can remotely log into your VPOP3 computer if you wish. However, this is not a free service, and needs purchased technical support, either on an annual support contract, or on a pay-per-incident basis ( text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:remote_access?rev=1542192349&do=diff Support Remote Access facility If you use a paid technical support option we have the facility to remotely access your VPOP3 server if you wish. This allows us to help you resolve issues or assist with configuration or installation issues. You can either allow us to just view your screen and tell you what to do, or you can allow us to control your computer as well. text/html 2021-03-08T10:48:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:install_vpop3?rev=1615200520&do=diff How to Install VPOP3 Simply download VPOP3 from the website, and run the installation program and follow the prompts. Occasionally people may have problems with the PostgreSQL part of the installation. If that happens, please contact us either by email at support@pscs.co.uk or by phone to +44 (0)1484 855800, and we will do our best to help. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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: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/faq:how_do_i_write_an_email_to_technical_support?rev=1542192349&do=diff How do I write an email to technical support? Please send the email to support@pscs.co.uk Note that free technical support is currently only available for version 3.0 and later When sending the email, please make sure you include all relevant information: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:what_is_postgresql?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is PostgreSQL? PostgreSQL is an SQL database engine. VPOP3 and PostgreSQL In VPOP3 2.x, VPOP3 uses a database engine called SQLite for its database needs. SQLite has limited locking facilities, so on busy systems we encountered problems where databases would need very frequent updates, and the lock limitations would cause the updates to take a long time. For this reason we added optional support for PostgreSQL to later versions of VPOP3 2.x. 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:encrypt_sessions?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Encrypt Sessions VPOP3 Enterprise 2.6 and later supports SSL/STARTTLS encrypted sessions to VPOP3 itself. So, the email client or web browser will encrypt the data passed to VPOP3 so it cannot be intercepted. This requires an SSL Certificate to be created for VPOP3. text/html 2019-11-08T15:37:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3_to_version_5?rev=1573227472&do=diff How To Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5 or later Upgrading VPOP3 is usually a straightforward process. Download VPOP3 from our web site and back up your current installation just in case something goes wrong. Then simply run the installer that you downloaded and install it over the top of your existing VPOP3. All your settings and mail will be preserved. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/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:what_is_the_difference_between_vpop3_standard_and_vpop3_enterprise?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is the difference between VPOP3 Basic and VPOP3 Enterprise? VPOP3 Enterprise includes all the features of VPOP3 Basic, plus: * IMAP4 mail support as well as POP3, SMTP and Webmail * Support for database (ODBC) links for the Global Address Book and Mailing Lists. * Shared calendars & webmail address books text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:550_5.7.1_relaying_not_allowed_bad_sender_ip_address?rev=1542192349&do=diff 550 5.7.1 Relaying not allowed! Bad sender IP address This SMTP error message means that the computer which is sending the message is not permitted to send outgoing messages based on the VPOP3 SMTP Service's Access Restrictions. This is probably because someone is trying to send messages from outside your local network, and you have not configured VPOP3 to allow this. You have to be careful when allowing this, because you may configure VPOP3 to be an open-relay, which is a text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:obtaining_error_logs?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Obtain Error Logs As part of diagnosing a support issue our support team may ask you to send them various log files. This page explains how to obtain the right files at the right time. How Logging Works Under its default settings VPOP3 logs a minimal amount of information about what it is doing to various files in the main VPOP3 directory. When investigating a support issue it is often the case that we will need you to switch on logging to extra files or increase the level of detail be… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:obtaining_windows_event_log?rev=1542192349&do=diff Obtaining Windows Event Log Sometimes, the VPOP3 technical support team may need to see entries from the Windows Event log, especially those relating to VPOP3 or the PostgreSQL service. If there are too many entries simply to copy, you can save them to a file to email to technical support. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Upgrade VPOP3 Note: if you are upgrading to VPOP3 version 5 or later from version 4 or earlier, please see How To Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5 Upgrading VPOP3 is a straightforward process. Download VPOP3 from our web site and ideally back up your current installation just in case something goes wrong. Then simply run the installer that you downloaded and install it over the top of your existing VPOP3. All your settings and mail will be preserved. text/html 2020-09-03T15:07:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3_to_version_8?rev=1599145654&do=diff Upgrading VPOP3 to version 8.x from v7 or earlier VPOP3 v8.x uses PostgreSQL 10 as its database engine, which is the latest supported 32 bit version of PostgreSQL. Later versions of PostgreSQL are 64-bit only, which means we cannot use them while continuing to support 32 bit versions of Windows. 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 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: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 2022-10-01T11:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/wiki:welcome?rev=1664623959&do=diff Welcome to your new DokuWiki Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started. Enjoy your work with DokuWiki, -- the developers Create your first pages Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: text/html 2026-03-18T20:51:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:faq?rev=1773867093&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Pre-Sales Questions * What is the difference between VPOP3 Basic/Standard and VPOP3 Enterprise? * Do I have to pay VAT? * Will I receive a VAT invoice? * What are the limitations of the Home User licence Sales Questions * How can I place an order? * Can I add two licences together? * I got a copy of VPOP3 via Trialpay and would like a refund General * How do I get support? * VPOP3 Roadmap * What do I do if I have lost my VPOP3 licence details?… 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/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:i_got_a_copy_of_vpop3_via_trialpay_and_would_like_a_refund?rev=1542192349&do=diff I got a copy of VPOP3 via TrialPay and would like a refund If you obtained a VPOP3 Home User licence via <http://www.trialpay.com> and are unhappy with it, you will need to get in touch with TrialPay directly. Our licence is given as a complimentary offer after you have purchased through them, and they have notified us with your details. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:vpop3av?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is the VPOP3 Antivirus solution? “VPOP3 Antivirus” is a new product to replace the avast! for VPOP3 product which will no longer be supported after the end of 2012. VPOP3 Antivirus uses the popular 'ClamAV' virus scanner to scan incoming and outgoing messages for viruses. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:what_is_vpop3_software_maintenance?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is Software Maintenance? VPOP3 Software Maintenance includes basic email support (target turnaround within 3 days) as well as version upgrades (eg 6.19 to 6.20) free of charge when they are released during the period of validity of your Software Maintenance. text/html 2026-03-18T20:53:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:which_versions_of_windows?rev=1773867221&do=diff Which versions of Windows will VPOP3 run on? (Note - no version of VPOP3 will run on “Windows 10 S”) Version 9.0 or later VPOP3 version 9.0 or later requires Windows 8.1/2012R2 later. It needs a 64 bit version of Windows. Version 8.0 or later VPOP3 version 8.0 or later requires Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 or later. It should run on both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10054?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10054 - The virtual circuit was reset by the remote end Error 10054 means that the connection between VPOP3 and a remote computer (eg the ISP or another computer on your LAN) was disconnected by something outside of VPOP3. This is often caused by anti-virus software or Internet security/firewall on the VPOP3 machine but it could be any of a number of things. Any software or hardware that is sitting between VPOP3 and the ISP could be the root cause. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:10055?rev=1542192349&do=diff Socket Error 10055 - No Buffer Space Available Error 10055 means that Windows has run out of TCP/IP socket buffers because too many connections are open at once. Things to check if this happens are: * Is there any other TCP/IP software running on the same PC as VPOP3 - eg a proxy server text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:full_text_search?rev=1542192349&do=diff Full Text Search In VPOP3 Enterprise v7.0 a facility for full-text-search on message content was added. Because the full-text-search indexes can be quite big, this facility is optional. For several reasons, the full-text-search is stored in a separate PostgreSQL database. This means that it is not backed up with your standard backups. After a restore, the full-text-search index can be rebuilt from the raw message content. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:how_to_share_domains_between_exchange_and_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to 'share' domains between Exchange and VPOP3 If you want to have a VPOP3 server and Exchange Server using the same email domain, then you need to ensure that Exchange does not think it is 'authoritative' for the domain in question. See <http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=321721> for details of how to do this in Exchange 2000 and 2003 (a similar process may be used in later versions of Exchange - contact your Microsoft Support technician if you need more help). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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:message_downloads_not_completing?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Downloads Not Completing The normal reason for message downloads not completing is that a third-party antivirus program is scanning the messages and getting stuck at some point. We recommend that the first thing you do is to temporarily disable the email scanning part of any antivirus program or Internet Security software on the VPOP3 computer (other than those integrated fully with VPOP3 - i.e. 'avast! for VPOP3' or 'Sophos SAV Interface'). Usually that will solve the problem. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:moving_messages?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to move messages between users There are several ways to do this, depending on your exact needs Via Administrator Console You can view a user's 'Inbox' messages by clicking on the message count on the Users list, then select the messages, choose the target user, and press the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:no_transport_provider_is_available?rev=1542192349&do=diff Outlook/Windows Messaging reports "No transport provider is available" If Outlook or Windows Messaging reports No transport provider is available when trying to connect to VPOP3, it can mean several things. (This must be a contender for “the world's most meaningless error message text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:outlook_not_able_to_connect_to_vpop3_enterprise_v6.8_when_using_ssl_tls?rev=1542192349&do=diff Outlook not able to connect to VPOP3 Enterprise v6.8 when using SSL/TLS In VPOP3 6.8 SSL v2 is disabled by default (it is considered to be insecure). SSL v3 was released in 1996 and SSL v2 was deprecated because of the well known security flaws. However, it seems that Microsoft Outlook (up to at least Outlook 2010) will not connect to VPOP3 using SSL if VPOP3's SSL v2 is disabled. 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 2020-06-29T10:43:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3_to_version_7?rev=1593427438&do=diff How to upgrade VPOP3 to version 7 or later from version 6 or earlier As usual the process to upgrade is simply to install the later version over your existing installation (do not uninstall anything first). The below is technical information detailing an extra step performed by the installer in this particular upgrade step. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_cannot_access_postgresql_-_timeout_expired?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 cannot access PostgreSQL - timeout expired This is an error which may be logged in the Windows event log It is event 4547 from the source 'VPOP3' If the event message DLL is not correctly installed it may display as: The description for Event ID ( 4547 ) in Source ( VPOP3 ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this desc… text/html 2026-03-26T23:49:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:lua_scripting?rev=1774568941&do=diff Lua Scripting Lua is a simple scripting programming language often used for embedding in other applications. VPOP3 uses it to customise behaviour in places where most people will be happy with the default behaviour, but occasionally people will want to do something more complicated. Rather than having lots of extra options to complicate things for most users, we have opted to go for a more flexible scripting facility. text/html 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: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/adminapi:version_5_webadmin_api?rev=1542192349&do=diff Version 5 Web Admin API This section is only relevant for people who may want to access the Administration features from their own scripts, or want to customise the standard administration pages. Note that no free support is available for this. This is not a full list of features, but it will be updated from time to time. 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/faq:how_can_i_download_old_versions_of_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How can I download old versions of VPOP3? You can download old versions of VPOP3 by going to the VPOP3 downloads page on our website and clicking on the “download previous versions” link near the top of the page Note that old versions of VPOP3 may no longer be supported under our free email support 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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/faq:what_is_vpop3_upgrade_protection?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is Software Maintenance? VPOP3 Software Maintenance includes basic email support (target turnaround within 3 days) as well as version upgrades (eg 4.x to 5.x) free of charge when they are released during the period of validity of your Software Maintenance. text/html 2025-05-21T07:57:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:allowing_mail_relay_through_vpop3?rev=1747814238&do=diff How To Allow Mail Relay Through VPOP3 If you are allowing remote access into VPOP3 to collect mail then you may also want those remote users to be able to send their outgoing mail through VPOP3 as well. This is more complex than allowing users to collect mail, because, by default, SMTP connections are not authenticated. This means that when someone tries to send a message through VPOP3, VPOP3 doesn't know who that user is. This can cause a problem if unauthorised users try to send mail through… 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:custom_filtering_incoming_mail?rev=1542192349&do=diff Custom filtering incoming mail If you want to filter incoming mail using custom rules there are a few ways of doing this, depending on your exact requirements. * Download rules - if your incoming mail is via POP3 collection, you want to filter on headers, size etc (not contents) text/html 2025-09-11T13:02:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:database_issues?rev=1757595765&do=diff Database Issues VPOP3 version 3 and later use the PostgreSQL] database server. This is an open source enterprise level database server. Several VPOP3 problems are due to problems with the database service. * Database & Disk Caching * Software conflicting with database * VPOP3DB Service not starting * Database Size Database corruption If VPOP3 won't start even though the process is running, then that is often because the PostgreSQL service is not running. If the PostgreSQL service won… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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_0x80040201_when_sending_mail_in_outlook?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error 0x80040201 when sending mail in Outlook Often this is because there is 'Read Receipt' stuck in the Outlook out queue, but these do not show in the Outlook Outbox view. We found this article helpful: <http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/deletereadreceipt.html> If you need help with following this, you can call us, but it 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: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: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+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:lan_forward_warning_-_452_4.3.1_insufficient_system_resources?rev=1542192349&do=diff LAN Forward Warning: 452 (4.3.1 Insufficient system resources) If you get this message in VPOP3 it means that VPOP3 is trying to forward a message on to another mail server (probably Microsoft Exchange Server), and that other server is rejecting the message with the error 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: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:outbound_messages_not_appearing_in_monitor?rev=1542192349&do=diff Outbound Messages Not Appearing in Monitor Target Mailbox For VPOP3 to monitor outbound messages it needs to be able to work out that the message is FROM: a user whose mail should be monitored. 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: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: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:problems_accessing_vpop3_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff Problems accessing VPOP3 Settings If you have problems accessing the VPOP3 settings: * Go to Start -> Programs -> VPOP3 -> Configure VPOP3 on the VPOP3 computer. That should open up a web browser and take you to the login page * If VPOP3 doesn't show the login page, and shows a '403' error page instead, that means that the access restrictions for the WebMail service have been restricted so that this computer cannot access the WebMail service. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:problems_sending_mail_via_bt_from_your_own_domain?rev=1542192349&do=diff Problems sending mail via BT from your own domain BT Internet only allow you to send mail through their mail servers from your BT Internet address or other registered address. Attempts to send from other addresses will give you a 553 SMTP error message. text/html 2026-03-26T13:24:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:recover_registry_settings_from_a_dead_windows_installation?rev=1774531472&do=diff text/html 2024-01-15T11:35:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:repairing_corrupted_database?rev=1705318545&do=diff Repairing corrupted database With PostgreSQL (as with most high-end databases) the database system will automatically recover after power failures etc, if it can. If it can't then there is no manual 'repair' function, because the data cannot totally be recovered (or it would automatically have been recovered). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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:sending_mail_through_your_gmail_account?rev=1542192349&do=diff Sending mail through your Gmail account According to Google, the settings for sending mail through Gmail are: Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS or SSL: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication) Use Authentication: Yes Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587 Port for SSL: 465 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:troubleshooting_tips?rev=1542192349&do=diff Troubleshooting Tips Telnet One of the most basic, and useful, tools for troubleshooting email systems is a Telnet client. Installing Telnet Client Unfortunately, since Windows XP, Microsoft do not install the Telnet client into Windows by default, so you may need to install the Telnet client yourself. text/html 2026-03-18T20:49:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3_to_version_9?rev=1773866994&do=diff Upgrading VPOP3 to version 9.x from v7 or v8 VPOP3 v9 and later requires a 64 bit version of Windows 8.1 or later VPOP3 v9.x uses PostgreSQL 18 as its database engine. This can only easily be upgraded from PostgreSQL 9.3 or later, which means it must be an upgrade of VPOP3 v7 or later. If you are using an earlier version of VPOP3, then upgrade it to v8.7 first, then upgrade to v9 or later text/html 2019-11-12T16:06:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v2_-_move_to_a_new_pc?rev=1573574804&do=diff How To Move VPOP3 Version 2 to a New PC (Also applies to version 1.x) To move VPOP3 to a new PC you should go through the following steps: * Copy the VPOP3 files * Copy the VPOP3 directory and subdirectories from the old PC to the new PC. (If you are moving to Windows Vista/2008/7/2012/8 or later, do NOT copy the files to a 'Program Files' folder on the new PC. Recent versions of Windows have special protection for those folders, which is not compatible with VPOP3) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to move the VPOP3 Message Store to a new PC Use this option if you want to have VPOP3 running on one PC, but have the message store database on another PC. Manually Install PostgreSQL on the new PC Download the 'pgInstaller' version of PostgreSQL from the text/html 2018-12-05T15:25:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store_folder?rev=1544023524&do=diff v3/4 - Move the message store to a new folder/drive This guide assumes you want to just move the VPOP3 message store/database to a new folder on the same PC, and leave the VPOP3 installation directory where it is. * Stop VPOP3 * Stop PostgreSQL text/html 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_access_security?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Setup VPOP3 Service Security VPOP3 can be configured to restrict access to its various services depending on the client computer's IP address. This is useful if you want to allow access from only certain IP addresses (eg within your LAN) and prevent access from other IP addresses (eg the Internet). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:vpop3_antivirus_update_error_-_error_55?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Antivirus Update Error - Error 55 If you receive an “Error 55” when VPOP3 Antivirus is attempting to upgrade, then this means that the virus definition database is not readable. If you have VPOP3 Antivirus version 1.0.6 or earlier (check on Settings 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:vpop3_is_responding_slowly?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 Is Responding Slowly If VPOP3 is responding slowly to users there are several common causes: * The VPOP3 server disk may be badly fragmented. Defragment the server disk(s). Note that sometimes the Windows defragmenter will say that the disk doesn't need defragmenting even if it does, so it is best to do it anyway. Also, there is a better free defragmenter available called text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/lan_forward_warning:452_4.3.1_insufficient_system_resources?rev=1542192349&do=diff LAN Forward Warning: 452 (4.3.1 Insufficient system resources) If you get this message in VPOP3 it means that VPOP3 is trying to forward a message on to another mail server (probably Microsoft Exchange Server), and that other server is rejecting the message with the error text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/mailapi:version_5_webmail_api?rev=1542192349&do=diff Version 5 Web Mail API This section is only relevant for people who may want to access the WebMail features from their own scripts, or want to customise the standard Webmail pages. Note that no free support is available for this. This is not a full list of features, but it will be updated from time to time. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:about?rev=1542192349&do=diff About The VPOP3 'About' page lets you see the version and build number of your VPOP3 installation, along with any licence details, and supplier details (if any) Licence Information The Licence Information section shows your current licence information text/html 2023-03-25T23:33:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:archive_script?rev=1679787211&do=diff Archive Script (from VPOP3 v6 onwards) Archive scripting lets you indicate whether full message content should be stored in the message archive. This could be used, for instance, for filtering out messages containing credit card details. The message headers will still be archived, along with the explanation text returned by the script. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:autoresponders_v3_v4?rev=1542192349&do=diff Autoresponders - v3 and v4 This section lets you define an autoresponder for a user. An autoresponder is a message which is sent back in response to a message which arrives in this user's mailbox. The Autoresponder Type can be set to None, Simple Autoresponder text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_files_used_in_vpop3_2.x?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database files used in VPOP3 2.x VPOP3 2.x usually uses SQLite 2.8.3 as its database engine. This stores databases in discrete *.db files in the VPOP3\_database directory on the server PC. We do not recommend that you access these databases directly unless you know what you are doing, and we strongly discourage the alteration of data in the databases directly unless technical support request you to. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_schema_used_in_vpop3_5.x?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database schema used in VPOP3 5.x Note that all information in this section is subject to change. We do not guarantee that the database schema will remain constant, even between minor upgrade versions, so use this information at your own risk. Do not alter the database schema used by VPOP3 (including indexes, triggers & functions) or your whole VPOP3 data store may collapse. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:diagnostics?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Diagnostics The Diagnostics page allows you to enable, configure and disable various methods of diagnostic logging, within VPOP3. Log file overview By default, VPOP3 will keep two copies of most log files: * The current log file, with a text/html 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: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: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: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 2026-01-05T09:25:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:password_strength_checking_script?rev=1767605139&do=diff Password Strength Checking Script You can tell VPOP3 to enforce password strength checks by using a Lua script which performs the checks for you. The Lua script can be edited in Settings -> Scripts and is called passwordcheck.lua (in older versions of VPOP3 it is stored in a file called 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: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:signature_script?rev=1542192349&do=diff Signature Script If you want more complex signatures on outgoing emails, rather than the static text/HTML you can define within VPOP3, then you can use a simple Lua script to define the signature. The Lua script is stored in a file called signature.lua text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamfilter_whitelist?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spamfilter.Whitelist table The Spamfilter.Whitelist table contains the spamfilter whitelist entries which do not contain wildcards or regular expressions. They are separated out to speed up checking. Columns * address - this is the email address in the whitelist text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_assignments?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Assignments You can assign values to variables using the syntax ${variable} = value | ${variable} Assignment operators The spam filter rules support the following assignment operators: = Specify the value of the variable to equal the value after the assignment operator text/html 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 2024-04-22T08:37:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:user_manager_script?rev=1713775058&do=diff User Manager Script If you want people to be able to log in using a different username than their VPOP3 username (eg if you want them to be able to log in using an email address), then you can use the UserManager Lua script The Lua script is managed through the Settings → Scripts page in VPOP3 v8.0 and later and is called 'UserManager.LUA. text/html 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: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… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/what_is:imap4?rev=1542192349&do=diff What is IMAP4 IMAP4 (Internet Mail Access Protocol V4) is a new mail retrieval protocol which can be used as an alternative to the POP3 (Post Office Protocol V3). The main difference between IMAP4 and POP3 is that with POP3 the messages are only stored temporarily on the mail server until they are downloaded to the email client where the messages are stored, manipulated, searched etc. With IMAP4 the messages are stored permanently on the server, and they are manipulated, searched etc on the ma… text/html 2022-10-01T11:32:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/wiki:dokuwiki?rev=1664623959&do=diff DokuWiki wiki:dokuwiki DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable syntax. The ease of maintenance, backup and integration makes it an administrator's favorite. Built in