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- | =====Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes===== | + | ======Allow Remote Access to VPOP3 Mailboxes====== |
- | Sometimes people want to be able to access their office VPOP3 mail server from a remote site. | + | Sometimes people want to be able to access their office VPOP3 mail server from a remote site or mobile phone etc. |
- | ====With a permanent Internet connection==== | + | These instructions assume |
- | If you have a permanent connection | + | |
- | By default VPOP3 2.0.0 and later will //refuse// access to email for anyone connecting from outside the local network, so this will need to be opened up. The easiest way to do this is to go to '' | + | =====Router/ |
+ | First you need to set your router | ||
- | In VPOP3 2.4.0 and later, click on the '' | + | This includes if you are using a software firewall, such as the Windows firewall, or other Internet |
- | In earlier versions of VPOP3, add the line '' | + | With the Windows firewall or Internet security software, you may need to 'allow' |
+ | =====VPOP3 Configuration===== | ||
+ | By default VPOP3 will // | ||
- | Note do NOT simply allow access to anyone to your VPOP3 SMTP service, this will lead to you making VPOP3 into an open relay. Instead you will need to [[Allowing Mail Relay Through vPOP3|set | + | ====VPOP3 6.0 or later==== |
+ | In VPOP3 6.0 or later, go to **Services -> POP3** (or **Services -> IMAP4**, or **Services -> Webmail**, as appropriate). Then, go to the **IP Access Restrictions** tab. Press the **Add** button. Choose **Allow** and **Type: Any Host**, then in the **Allowed Users** box, either leave it unchanged to allow any user to access | ||
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+ | Screenshot from VPOP3 v7.0 | ||
- | ====Without a permanent Internet connection==== | + | ====VPOP3 3.0 to 5.0==== |
+ | In VPOP3 3.0 to 5.0, go to **Services -> POP3** (or **Services -> IMAP4**, or **Services -> Webmail**, as appropriate). Then, go to the **IP Access Restrictions** tab. Press the **Add New Restriction** link. Choose **Allow** and **Type: Any Host**, then in the **Allowed Users** box, either leave it blank to allow any user to access the VPOP3 service from the Internet, or enter a list of VPOP3 usernames, separated by spaces, to just allow those users to access VPOP3 from the Internet. | ||
- | If you do not have a permanent connection | + | ====VPOP3 2.4 to 2.6==== |
+ | In VPOP3 2.4 to 2.6, go to Services -> POP3 (or other service as appropriate), | ||
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+ | ====VPOP3 2.3 or earlier==== | ||
+ | In earlier versions of VPOP3, go to Services -> POP3 (or other service as appropriate), | ||
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+ | ====SMTP==== | ||
+ | Note do NOT simply allow access to anyone to your VPOP3 SMTP service, this will lead to you making VPOP3 into an open relay. Instead you will need to [[Allowing Mail Relay Through vPOP3|set the SMTP service access restrictions]] to limit access to your users alone. | ||
- | ===Dial-in server using Windows NT (Workstation or Server)=== | + | =====Email client settings===== |
+ | For the user to access their mail, they connect to the Internet, and use your external Internet IP address assigned by your ISP. | ||
- | You need to install | + | If your office has a static IP address on the Internet, then you can simply use that address as the server address in your email client. If you have your own domain, you can make it easier to remember by configuring a DNS name to refer to that IP address. |
- | If the Remote Access Server is running on the VPOP3 computer itself, then you only need to allow inward access to the VPOP3 computer itself, otherwise you will need to allow inward access to the whole network. | + | See also: [[determining_vpop3_server_address|Determining your VPOP3 server address]]. |
- | ===Dial-in server using Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) | + | If you have a static IP address and want computers to be able to work from both inside and outside your network, you MAY be able to use the external IP address |
- | You need to install the dial-in server portion of Windows 2000. Do this by going to '' | + | If your office has a dynamic IP address, then you need to use a '[[http:// |
- | If the '' | + | If you have any problems with DNS entries (either static or dynamic) |
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