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- | ======Lost Administrator Password====== | + | [[https://helpdesk.pscs.co.uk/ |
- | The administrator password is the same password as used for collecting email by a user who is set up as an administrator in VPOP3. It is not a separate password, so if the administrator can remember his or her email password that is the same as the administrator password. | + | |
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- | The details are case sensitive, so ensure that you are entering capital and lower case letters as appropriate. | + | |
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- | If someone else installed the VPOP3 software for you and did not tell you the password, then you should contact them and ask them for the password. | + | |
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- | There is NO "back door" into the VPOP3 settings. | + | |
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- | ===Account Lock=== | + | |
- | Note that VPOP3 has an account ' | + | |
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- | ===IP Address Block=== | + | |
- | VPOP3 v6+ also has an intrusion protection system which will block IP addresses if it detects repeated suspicious activity from an IP address. This may be attempting to log in with the wrong password, or a non-existent user, or trying to send messages to non-existent email addresses, etc. By default this will block the IP address for 30 minutes. You should be able to get from a different IP address if you know the password. Blocked IP addresses can be managed in Settings -> Security Settings -> Intrusion Protection -> Manage Block List/Manage Never Block List/View Log | + | |
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- | ===Logging=== | + | |
- | The login screens and email client login attempt responses give a generic 'login failed' | + | |
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- | It is often useful to look at the SECURITY.LOG file which VPOP3 generates (usually in the VPOP3\_logs folder or the VPOP3 installation folder) because this will contain more information, | + | |
- | =====Default Username & Password===== | + | |
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- | Also, please note that the default username and password are " | + | |
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- | =====VPOP3 v1.0 to v2.5===== | + | |
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- | The technical support team can decrypt the user database to find your current VPOP3 licence key. | + | |
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- | This service costs £5 (+VAT if applicable). To order this, go to [[http://www.pscs.co.uk/ | + | |
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- | Our technical support department will then be able to send the administrator password back by email to the email address which was used when originally purchasing the VPOP3 software (this is for security reasons). If you need it emailed to a different address, then we need a signed fax from a director (or someone of similar status) of your company to say that we can email the details to a different address. Send the fax, on company headed paper, to +44 (0)1484 855802 | + | |
- | =====VPOP3 v2.6.0 to v4.0===== | + | |
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- | VPOP3 creates a file called VPOP3PASS.AUTH in the VPOP3 folder when licence details are entered. This file is linked to your particular VPOP3 installation. | + | |
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- | This file lets you change the administrator password by going to **Start | + | |
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- | Once VPOP3 has validated the VPOP3PASS.AUTH, | + | |
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- | For security reasons we recommend that you move the VPOP3PASS.AUTH file from the VPOP3 installation directory to a floppy drive or similar, and store in a safe & secure place so that the password can be recovered at a later date if necessary. | + | |
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- | Note this password reset mechanism requires access to the VPOP3 server itself (or remote desktop access). It cannot be used over the Web-based administration facility, for security reasons. | + | |
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- | If you have tried the above options and are still unable to log on to the VPOP3 settings, then our technical support department will probably be able to decrypt the user database file for you. | + | |
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- | This service costs £5 (+VAT if applicable). To order this, go to [[http:// | + | |
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- | Our technical support department will then be able to send the administrator password back by email to the email address which was used when originally purchasing the VPOP3 software (this is for security reasons). If you need it emailed to a different address, then we need a signed fax from a director (or someone of similar status) of your company to say that we can email the details to a different address. Send the fax, on company headed paper, to +44 (0)1484 855802 | + | |
- | =====VPOP3 v5===== | + | |
- | Our technical support department will probably be able to decrypt the user database file for you. | + | |
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- | To request this, email the file **USER.LST** from the VPOP3 directory to support@pscs.co.uk along with your VPOP3 licence details. | + | |
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- | Our technical support department will then be able to send the administrator password back by email to the email address which was used when originally purchasing the VPOP3 software (this is for security reasons). If you need it emailed to a different address, then we need a signed fax from a director (or someone of similar status) of your company to say that we can email the details to a different address. Send the fax, on company headed paper, to +44 (0)1484 855802 | + | |
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- | =====VPOP3 v6===== | + | |
- | You can generate a one-time reset password yourself. Log into our website, and go to http:// | + | |
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- | Then, click on the licence details you need the reset password for. On the following screen, just underneath the licence details is a link called **Generate Recovery Admin Login for v6 or later**. Click on this link and follow the instructions carefully to reset your password. | + | |
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- | =====Forgotten Password Link===== | + | |
- | On the VPOP3 login page is a ' | + | |
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- | In VPOP3 v6.5 and later, you can set an email address in the user's ' | + | |
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- | Keywords: forgot postmaster login details | + |