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=====Message Archive===== | =====Message Archive===== | ||
If you have message archiving enabled, then the archived messages are stored in the message archive folder (which may be VPOP3\_archive, | If you have message archiving enabled, then the archived messages are stored in the message archive folder (which may be VPOP3\_archive, | ||
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+ | This can be configured in Settings -> [[reference: | ||
=====Message Quarantine===== | =====Message Quarantine===== | ||
- | If you are using the spam filtering in VPOP3, then quarantined messages are stored in the VPOP3\_quarantine folder | + | If you are using the spam filtering in VPOP3, then quarantined messages are stored in the VPOP3\_quarantine folder |
=====Database backups===== | =====Database backups===== | ||
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In version 3 and 4, the backups will be smaller, because they only contain a partial message backup (so you should also backup the VPOP3 directory structure separately) | In version 3 and 4, the backups will be smaller, because they only contain a partial message backup (so you should also backup the VPOP3 directory structure separately) | ||
- | You can move the database backups to another location on the Settings -> Database -> Backup page in the settings, but we **strongly** recommend that you don't disable database backups totally. Otherwise if there is database corruption for any reasons, you will lose everything | + | You can move the database backups to another location on the Settings -> Database -> Backup page in the settings |
=====Other Data===== | =====Other Data===== | ||
VPOP3 also stores lots of other data, such as logging data, statistical data for the spam filter, etc. In versions 3 and later, this is all stored in the database, so will also be backed up daily. | VPOP3 also stores lots of other data, such as logging data, statistical data for the spam filter, etc. In versions 3 and later, this is all stored in the database, so will also be backed up daily. | ||
+ | =====Old Files===== | ||
+ | If you have upgraded VPOP3 from previous versions, there may be files or directories which are no longer needed. The installer will not automatically delete all these files in case there are problems with the upgrade or in case people want to go back to an older version - most people don't make backups before performing upgrades! | ||
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+ | Current releases of VPOP3 make a file called ' | ||