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 Note that if you disable write-back caching then you will slow down the disk access on the PC, so the choice is really yours whether you prefer the speed of having it enabled or the safety of disabling it. Using server PC hardware with battery backed cache is the best option if you need both the speed and the safety. Note that if you disable write-back caching then you will slow down the disk access on the PC, so the choice is really yours whether you prefer the speed of having it enabled or the safety of disabling it. Using server PC hardware with battery backed cache is the best option if you need both the speed and the safety.
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 +Note that if write-back caching is turned off, then if the power fails, the PC explodes etc, then the data written to the database is automatically recovered when the PC is restarted, but if write-back caching is enabled, this can defeat the recovery process which won't have accurate checkpoint data.
  
 ====Antivirus Programs==== ====Antivirus Programs====
 We recommend that the VPOP3\pgsql\data folder is excluded from any virus scanning. That is because if any of the data files in these directories contain anything which the virus scanner considers suspicious it may delete or quarantine a database file, and thus trash the database completely, needing a database restore from a backup, and probably losing some messages. We recommend that the VPOP3\pgsql\data folder is excluded from any virus scanning. That is because if any of the data files in these directories contain anything which the virus scanner considers suspicious it may delete or quarantine a database file, and thus trash the database completely, needing a database restore from a backup, and probably losing some messages.
  
-Desktop virus scanners often have email virus scanning capability. These often cause problems if run on a mail server itself (that is not what they are designed to do). We recommend that if you encounter any problems with sending or receiving mail, you turn off the email scanning part of the virus scanner on the VPOP3 computer to see if that is the problem. If it is, then you can use one of our integrated virus scanners such as **[[http://www.pscs.co.uk/products/vpop3av/pricelist.php|avast! for VPOP3]]**, use a third party virus scanner specifically designed to run on a mail server, or rely on the virus scanner on the users' PCs.+Desktop virus scanners often have email virus scanning capability. These often cause problems if run on a mail server itself (that is not what they are designed to do). We recommend that if you encounter any problems with sending or receiving mail, you turn off the email scanning part of the virus scanner on the VPOP3 computer to see if that is the problem. If it is, then you can use one of our integrated virus scanners such as **[[http://www.pscs.co.uk/products/vpop3av/pricelist.php|VPOP3 Antivirus]]**, use a third party virus scanner specifically designed to run on a mail server, or rely on the virus scanner on the users' PCs.
  
 Some virus scanners include a firewall/Internet security component. If you use one of these, then you need to be prepared to configure the firewall to allow VPOP3 to act as a service for your network. We cannot provide support for this (except for the standard Windows firewall) as part of our free email support service. You should contact your antivirus/firewall vendor for help, or use one of [[http://www.pscs.co.uk/helpdesk/purchase.php|our paid support options]]. Some virus scanners include a firewall/Internet security component. If you use one of these, then you need to be prepared to configure the firewall to allow VPOP3 to act as a service for your network. We cannot provide support for this (except for the standard Windows firewall) as part of our free email support service. You should contact your antivirus/firewall vendor for help, or use one of [[http://www.pscs.co.uk/helpdesk/purchase.php|our paid support options]].
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 +====Backup Programs====
 +If you have a backup (or disk duplication/synchronisation) program running on the VPOP3 computer, make sure it does **not** backup the VPOP3\pgsql\data folder. If the backup program is backing up that folder and is backing up a database file at the same time that the database server is trying to access it, it can lead to a corrupted database.
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 +This is especially the case if you have a 'continuous backup program', which is far more likely to cause problems because of the constant changes in those folders.
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 +However, if the backup program uses the Windows VSS (Volume SnapShot) system, then it is safe to use on those folder.
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 +VPOP3 does periodic backups of the database (by default into the main VPOP3 folder), so backing up those database backups is sufficient to allow you to restore the database to the time of the latest database backup.
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 +====Disk Quotas====
 +If the computer running VPOP3 has 'disk quotas' set, make sure that both the account which the VPOP3 service runs as (default 'Local System') and the PostgreSQL database runs as (default 'postgres') have sufficient space to store their data.
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 +If the 'postgres' user's quota runs out, then incoming messages may be lost as VPOP3 has nowhere to store them.
  
 ====Other==== ====Other====
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