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=====Some problems which have occurred during installation===== | =====Some problems which have occurred during installation===== | ||
* [[Localhost missing from Vista Hosts File]] | * [[Localhost missing from Vista Hosts File]] | ||
- | * [[Manually installing PostgreSQL database system]] | ||
* [[Installing PostgreSQL database on another port]] if another version of PostgreSQL is already installed on the VPOP3 PC | * [[Installing PostgreSQL database on another port]] if another version of PostgreSQL is already installed on the VPOP3 PC | ||
- | * [[Creating VPOP3 database manually]] if PostgreSQL 8.3 or later is already running on the VPOP3 PC | ||
* [[Compatibility with Spampal]] | * [[Compatibility with Spampal]] | ||
* [[Status Monitor is Open]] | * [[Status Monitor is Open]] | ||
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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:// | + | 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:// |
Some virus scanners include a firewall/ | Some virus scanners include a firewall/ | ||
- | ====Initial User==== | + | ====Backup Programs==== |
- | When you install | + | If you have a backup (or disk duplication/ |
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+ | This is especially the case if you have a ' | ||
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+ | However, | ||
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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. | ||
- | The default | + | ====Disk Quotas==== |
- | * Username - Postmaster | + | If the computer running VPOP3 has 'disk quotas' |
- | * Password - admin | + | |
- | but obviously these can be changed | + | If the ' |
- | Make sure you remember the details of the initial user you have created as you will need these details to be able to log into the VPOP3 settings later! | + | ====Other==== |
+ | * [[Initial User]] | ||