https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-06T10:14:19+00:00 https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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: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 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 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 2026-04-06T17:59:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:mail_not_downloading_from_isp?rev=1775498387&do=diff Mail Not Downloading From ISP This normally happens because you have told VPOP3 to Leave Messages On Server (on the Mail Connectors -> Mail Collectors -> (name) -> POP3 General tab). If you do this, VPOP3 will leave messages on the ISP's mail server for several days, and remember that it has already downloaded them. Then, the next time it connects it will see that there are some messages waiting, but it may find that it has already downloaded them, so it won't download them again. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to: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/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 2026-03-16T16:00:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/wiki:syntax?rev=1773676810&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing 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: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/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: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/adminapi:smtpclientblocks?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTPClientBlocks Replacement Use: ~smtpclientblocks~ <format string> ~end~ The format string can have the replacements * address - IP address (returned as host address or CIDR address as appropriate) * date - the date/time the address was added to the database in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format 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/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/how_to:backup_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Backup VPOP3 By default VPOP3 v3 and later will automatically perform a daily backup of the database into a file called DBBACK-x.DMP, where the backup file rotates on a weekly basis (DBBACK-0.DMP is Sunday's backup, DBBACK-1.DMP is Monday's backup, etc). text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:configure_email_signatures?rev=1542192349&do=diff Configure Email Signatures * Global Signatures * Personal Signatures * Webmail Signatures Notes When creating a signature it is generally best to keep it as short as possible. Disclaimers & confidentiality notices in emails are generally regarded as having little or no legal significance, so lengthy signatures just use up bandwidth. 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:creating_extra_smtp_services?rev=1542192349&do=diff Creating Extra SMTP Services In VPOP3 Enterprise (not VPOP3 Basic) you can create multiple SMTP services. This can be useful if you want VPOP3 to listen on different ports and/or have different settings. There are two ways of doing this. Have a single SMTP service listening on multiple ports or IP addresses text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:data_stream_contained_nul_character?rev=1542192349&do=diff Data stream contained NUL character Description of the problem NUL characters (bytes with value 0) are not allowed in email messages and should not be transmitted over POP3, SMTP or IMAP4 except in certain circumstances. If an attachment contains such a byte it must be encoded using text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:don_t_download_big_messages_during_the_working_day?rev=1542192349&do=diff Don't download big messages during the working day using Download Rules Say you don't want to download messages over 10,000,000 bytes long between 8:00am and 6:00pm. To do this, create a download rule as: * Rule Type: Ignore * Match Type: All Conditions text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:exceptions?rev=1542192349&do=diff Exceptions An exception happens if VPOP3 encounters a problem it did not expect. In some cases it can recover automatically, but in other cases that isn't possible. Common causes VPOP3 2.6 and earlier In VPOP3 2.6 and earlier it was quite common for there to be database corruption problems with the SQLite database which was used in those versions. 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: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 2026-04-06T17:57:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:make_vpop3_redownload_messages_from_isp?rev=1775498220&do=diff How to make VPOP3 re-download POP3 messages from the ISP If you have the VPOP3 Mail Collector setting Leave Mail On Server enabled, then VPOP3 will leave your messages on the ISP POP3 server for the specified number of days after downloading it. If, during this time, you want to make VPOP3 download those messages again, then you can do so. 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:obtaining_message_headers?rev=1542192349&do=diff How to Obtain Message Headers Most people are familiar with mail headers such as From:, To:, Subject: etc. but there are many more which most people never see. Quite often we need to see the full internet mail headers from an e-mail that is causing problems. This article explains how to get hold of them in some of the more common e-mail clients. 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:pop3_client_connection_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 - POP3 Client Connection Problem These errors occur during the period when VPOP3 is trying to establish a connection to your ISP's POP3 mail server to receive incoming mail. They can mean that you have entered the POP3 Server address incorrectly, or that there is a problem with the network, or that your ISP's mail server is not working properly. 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:rbl_checking_not_working_in_vpop3_enterprise?rev=1542192349&do=diff RBL Checking not working in VPOP3 Enterprise VPOP3 Enterprise has an RBL checking feature which is configured in the VPOP3 Settings at Services -> SMTP Server -> SPAM Reduction -> Realtime Blacklist Rules If it does not seem to be working properly, there are a few reasons why the RBL feature may not work. text/html 2025-09-11T13:48:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:recovering_messages_from_corrupted_database_into_fresh_database?rev=1757598487&do=diff Recovering messages from corrupted database into fresh database If the VPOP3 message database is corrupted, then one option is to build a fresh database and restore the settings into it, then recover the messages from the old database using the 'Message Restore' function in VPOP3. This has minimal downtime, but old messages will not all be available until the restore has completed. New messages will be available quickly, and you will be able to send messages. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:router_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff Router Problem error messages If you get an error message to the VPOP3 administrator with subject Router Problem and text Local Distribute to <username> Failed Error: Database Error "ERROR: could not open file "base/<number>/<number>": Permission denied" text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:smtp_client_connection_problem?rev=1542192349&do=diff VPOP3 - SMTP Client Connection Problem These errors occur during the period when VPOP3 is trying to establish a connection to your ISP's SMTP mail server to send outgoing mail. They can mean that you have entered the SMTP Server address incorrectly, or that there is a problem with the network, or that your ISP's mail server is not working properly. 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: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:undelete?rev=1542192349&do=diff Undelete Messages in VPOP3 Enterprise v5 or later If a user accidentally deletes messages or a message folder, you can easily undelete this within a few days. The amount of time that messages are stored in the VPOP3 'recycle bin' is set in Settings text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:upgrade_vpop3?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Upgrade VPOP3 Note: if you are upgrading to VPOP3 version 5 or later from version 4 or earlier, please see How To Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5 Upgrading VPOP3 is a straightforward process. Download VPOP3 from our web site and ideally back up your current installation just in case something goes wrong. Then simply run the installer that you downloaded and install it over the top of your existing VPOP3. All your settings and mail will be preserved. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v2_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1542192349&do=diff How To Move VPOP3 Version 2 to a New Folder/Drive on the same PC (Also applies to version 1.x) To move VPOP3 to a new folder or drive on the same PC you should go through the following steps: * Copy the VPOP3 directory and subdirectories from the old folder to the new folder. text/html 2018-12-05T15:25:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_message_store_folder?rev=1544023524&do=diff v3/4 - Move the message store to a new folder/drive This guide assumes you want to just move the VPOP3 message store/database to a new folder on the same PC, and leave the VPOP3 installation directory where it is. * Stop VPOP3 * Stop PostgreSQL text/html 2018-12-05T15:25:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v3_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1544023541&do=diff How to move VPOP3 V3 to a new folder This guide assumes you want to move the whole of VPOP3 (including the message store) to a new folder on the same PC * Stop VPOP3 * Stop PostgreSQL * Remove the PostgreSQL service * Move VPOP3 to the new folder text/html 2019-11-12T16:09:08+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 2021-03-19T16:01:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/how_to:v5_-_move_to_a_new_folder?rev=1616169708&do=diff How to move VPOP3 V5+ to a new folder This guide assumes you want to move the whole of VPOP3 (including the message store) to a new folder on the same PC * Stop VPOP3 * Stop VPOP3DB * Remove the VPOP3DB service * Move VPOP3 to the new folder text/html 2026-04-21T11:12:40+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_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: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:your_connection_has_been_blocked_temporarily_-_try_again_later?rev=1542192349&do=diff Error message: Your connection has been blocked temporarily - Try again later If you get an error message in your email client software saying Your connection has been blocked temporarily - Try again later or Server access temporarily blocked! Please try again later 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:find_message?rev=1542192349&do=diff Find a message If you know the subject of a message, you can search the entire message store for messages with this subject. Go to Settings → Database → Query Alternatively, at a command prompt in the VPOP3 directory run psql (The password is 'vpop3pass') 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 2023-08-02T08:10:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:internal_data_formats?rev=1690963850&do=diff Internal Data Formats VPOP3 stores some data in specific formats internally, eg to encode some settings in the settings database. This page describes some of those. * Access Restrictions Internal Format text/html 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:message_monitoring?rev=1542192349&do=diff Message Monitoring Message monitoring in VPOP3 will tell VPOP3 to send a copy of all the outgoing, internal and/or incoming mail from/to specified users to be sent to another specified user. In the current versions of VPOP3, all monitored messages are sent to the same user (or list), you cannot specify different recipients for different monitored users. (This may be something that is added/enhanced in the future) text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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: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 2021-08-09T10:55:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:scheduler_script?rev=1628506507&do=diff Scheduled Task Script Note that this functionality is only available in VPOP3 Enterprise VPOP3 Enterprise can run Lua script periodically to do custom background tasks. It can run a function every minute, 5 minutes, hourly or daily. The Lua script 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:security_intrusion_protection?rev=1542192349&do=diff Security Settings -> Intrusion Protection Tab Settings -> Security Settings -> Intrusion Protection Tab Starting in VPOP3 v6.0, VPOP3 can monitor failed logins for all accounts across all services and block an attacker's IP address from accessing VPOP3 for a specified time text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:sender_direct_settings?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Direct Sender Settings Mail Connectors -> Mail Senders -> SMTP Direct Sender -> Settings tab The SMTP Direct Settings tab lets you set how VPOP3 will send mail using SMTP Direct DNS Servers to Use This setting tells VPOP3 the IP addresses of the DNS servers it should use to find the recipients' mail servers. Separate multiple addresses with commas. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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 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 2019-08-19T08:58:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:status_monitor_protocol?rev=1566205125&do=diff Status Monitor (port 5109) protocol This page documents the protocol used between VPOP3 and the Status Monitor. It's not intended for any other purpose, so it's a bit limited, but in certain cases you may find this useful Login Before the Status Monitor receives any updates or can issue commands it must log in using a user's credentials. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:using_tables?rev=1542192349&do=diff Using tables/grids Many VPOP3 settings pages use grids to show you a set of data, for instance on the Users, Mappings and Lists pages. These have several standard features which are described below. * Most of the grids are 'delayed-fill'. This means that they don't fill up with data immediately when the page is loaded, this is to speed up the page load times. Only the first (visible) section of the grid is filled at first (sometimes there may be a short delay before this is filled, if the da… 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…