https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/ 2026-05-06T12:30:12+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:import_users_from_file?rev=1542192349&do=diff Import Users From File VPOP3 supports the importation and exportation of users, via a CSV file (see for a specification of the CSV file format). NOTE: This process is not designed to provide a complete backup of user data, nor is it intended to facilitate moving VPOP3 to a new computer. Instead, see the following relevant pages: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_include?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: Include Statement Include Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Including other files within the spam rules To include another file within the spam rules, insert a line saying ''Include <filename to include>'' There should not be any quotes around the filename to include, even if it contains spaces. Note that all files are within the same 'scope', so variables defined in one file will be visible within all subsequent included files. 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:attachment_processing?rev=1542192349&do=diff Settings -> Attachment Processing The Attachment Processing page allows you to configure VPOP3 to perform two distinct functions on messages that contain attachments: * * Filtering The Filtering tab is divided into four main sections: Attachment Filtering text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:calendar_events?rev=1542192349&do=diff Calendar.Events table The Calendar.Events table contains a record of all the events in calendars managed by VPOP3. An 'event' is an iCalendar event. Note that if an event is a recurring series, there will only be one 'event' in the database, not one event per instance of the recurrence. 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:mail_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail tab The Mail tab within VPOP3 webmail enables you to manage your sent and received messages. As you can see from the screenshot, the page is divided into three main sections: Menu bar General tab bar Status bar [Mail tab - VPOP3 Version 5 Webmail] Page structure Mail toolbar The Mail toolbar contains the following buttons: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:running_database_updates_within_a_transaction?rev=1542192349&do=diff Running database updates within a transaction This is a trick which database experts use, because they have learned (often the hard way) that a simple mistype can trash a database... Before running any database query which can alter the database (UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT, DROP, CREATE, ALTER) begin a database transaction using the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:smtp_ids_ips?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Server -> IDS/IPS The IDS/IPS tab lets you set logging and automatic blocking parameters for the IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) component of the SMTP server. SMTP servers are regularly attacked, both by incoming mail attacks (spam/viruses etc) and relay attacks (by spammers and other malware distributors trying to send mail through them). Because of this, there is a system in VPOP3 which will track attack attempts on the SMTP service and can automat… text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_dbqueryone?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: DBQueryOne Statement DBQueryOne Version 6.16+ Purpose Queries the spam filter database for a single record/aggregate The DBQueryOne statement performs a query on the spam filter database and returns a single value which is either the value of a record or an aggregate of several records. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_foreach?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: ForEach Statement ForEach Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Causes a loop to be run through for all values within specified criteria The ForEach statement requires either two or three parameters (depending on the type of loop that is being conducted), in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:webmail_menu?rev=1542192349&do=diff Webmail Menu bar The Webmail Menu bar within VPOP3 webmail enables you to quickly perform relevant actions. The Menu has six main headings; of which, three have multiple options. Option Active Function V Notes Message Mail and View Message tabs Opens/closes Message menu text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:alter_lan_forwarding_queued_messages_going_to_one_server_to_go_to_another?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database query to alter LAN Forwarding rules for one server to go to another If a LAN forwarding destination server fails, you may wish to change the queued messages to go to the new server. (Note that, if planning ahead, it may be easier to use DNS text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:alter_lan_forwarding_rules_for_one_server_to_go_to_another?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database query to alter LAN Forwarding rules for one server to go to another If a LAN forwarding destination server fails, you may wish to change the LAN forwarding rules to point to the new server. (Note that, if planning ahead, it may be easier to use text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:database_restore?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database -> Restore Tab This tab is only in VPOP3 Enterprise (v5 and later), and is for performing a partial (mailbox/mail folder) restore of the database. To do a full restore of the database, or for VPOP3 Basic/Standard, see the “Restore a Backup of VPOP3” topic Using the text/html 2023-11-12T09:51:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:dmarc_reporter_script?rev=1699782700&do=diff DMARC Reporter Script (from VPOP3 v8.6 onwards) This script lets you customise how VPOP3 sends DMARC reports to the sending domain. This can be useful in case the sending domain's DMARC configuration is incorrect as that can cause errors sending the reports or cause messages to be 'stuck' in VPOP3's Outqueue. These problems won't cause any lasting damage, but may be inconvenient or annoying, so you can alter the behaviour using Lua scripting text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:download_rules?rev=1542192349&do=diff Download Rules Download rules are a facility in VPOP3 where it can look at message summary information before downloading a message from an ISP POP3 mailbox (they do not work on incoming SMTP messages - use SMTP Rules for that) To edit download rules, go to text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:incoming_smtp?rev=1542192349&do=diff Incoming SMTP Mail If you have an incoming SMTP mail feed, then the mail server sending mail to you will connect to your VPOP3 computer to send the mail. The mail connection is controlled by the sending computer. IMPORTANT If you have a permanent Internet connection with a static IP address, the usual way of having incoming SMTP is to configure your text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:logging?rev=1542192349&do=diff Logging Activity Summary Reports You can tell VPOP3 to send you a daily summary report each day. To do this check the box to say Send daily summary logs to, and choose the appropriate user (or “Main Administrator” if you want the reports to be sent to the text/html 2023-08-15T07:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:loginaudit?rev=1692084838&do=diff loginaudit Database table This contains data showing login attempts within the most recent 30 days * id - incrementing ID of loginaudit entry * ipaddress - IP address the login attempt came from * datetime - the date & time the event occurred text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:make_lan_forwarding_immediately_attempt_to_dequeue_all_pending_messages?rev=1542192349&do=diff Database query to make LAN Forwarding immediately attempt to dequeue all pending messages If VPOP3 cannot send messages using LAN Forwarding it will queue the message and retry periodically. Usually there is no need to do anything special if there was a problem with the onward mail server which has now been fixed, VPOP3 should soon retry the messages automatically (based on the value of the 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 2024-03-21T10:49:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:outgoing_message_script?rev=1711018194&do=diff Outgoing Message Scripting Every time VPOP3 adds a message to the Outgoing mail queue, it runs a script called outmessage.lua. Scripts are stored as files in the VPOP3 directory in VPOP3 v6.6 and earlier, or managed through the Settings -> Scripts page in VPOP3 v6.7 and later. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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:quarantine_tab?rev=1542192349&do=diff Quarantine tab The Quarantine tab within VPOP3 webmail is where you view and manage messages that have been quarantined by VPOP3's spam filter. As you can see from the screenshot, unlike many of the other webmail tabs, it is not divided into multiple sections: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:schedule?rev=1542192349&do=diff Mail Connectors -> Connector Schedule The Connector Schedule tells VPOP3 when to connect to send mail using Mail Senders and collect mail using Mail Collectors. It does not affect incoming SMTP over a permanent connection, or LAN Forwarding. The connection schedule also tells VPOP3 when to check for updates to the text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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: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:smtp_filtering?rev=1542192349&do=diff SMTP Service - Filtering The SMTP Server -> Filtering tab lets you set up filtering of messages going through the VPOP3 SMTP service. This may be incoming SMTP messages, or locally sent messages. SMTP Rules SMTP Rules let you create custom rules for processing messages as they go through the VPOP3 SMTP service. text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference: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 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_if?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: If Statement If Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Enables you to perform a simple relational test on a variable You can specify a variable or a constant on either or both sides of the relational operator. The relational operator can be one of: text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:spamrules_statement_ifmatch?rev=1542192349&do=diff Spam Filter Rules: IfMatch Statement IfMatch Version 2.1.7+ Purpose Allows you to perform a regular or substring match on a variable or part of the message being processed IfMatch statements require a data parameter and a search value, in the format text/html 2018-11-14T10:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.pscs.co.uk/reference:webmail_status_bar?rev=1542192349&do=diff Webmail Status bar The Status bar within VPOP3 webmail displays important information at a glance. [VPOP3 version 5.0 Webmail Status bar] User - At the far left, is a display to let you know which user is currently logged in. Version - After the username, there is an indication of the current VPOP3 version.