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======Download Rules====== | ======Download Rules====== | ||
Download rules are a facility in VPOP3 where it can look at message summary information before downloading a message from an ISP POP3 mailbox (they do not work on incoming SMTP messages - use [[SMTP Rules]] for that) | Download rules are a facility in VPOP3 where it can look at message summary information before downloading a message from an ISP POP3 mailbox (they do not work on incoming SMTP messages - use [[SMTP Rules]] for that) | ||
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+ | To edit download rules, go to [[Mail Connectors]] -> [[POP3 Collection|Mail Collectors]], | ||
Download rules can only see message headers, message size, and other information such as current date/time, etc. They can //not// see message content or attachments etc. This is because download rules apply before the message is downloaded. If you need to check the message content, then you may need to use the [[spam filter rules]]. | Download rules can only see message headers, message size, and other information such as current date/time, etc. They can //not// see message content or attachments etc. This is because download rules apply before the message is downloaded. If you need to check the message content, then you may need to use the [[spam filter rules]]. | ||
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There are several actions that a download rule can cause: | There are several actions that a download rule can cause: | ||
- | * Download | + | |
- | * Ignore | + | * **Download** - the message will be downloaded as normal, and the message will be left in the ISP mailbox as indicated by the 'leave messages on server' |
- | * Redirect | + | |
- | * Copy | + | * **Download and delete** - the message will be downloaded as normal, and then immediately deleted from the ISP mailbox |
- | * Delete | + | * **Ignore** - the message will be left in the ISP mailbox, and not downloaded |
- | * Silently | + | |
- | * Query | + | * **Redirect** - the message will be downloaded, but sent to a different user/list instead of the originally intended recipient |
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+ | * **Query and Redirect** - the message will not be downloaded, but a message will be sent to the specified recipient instead of the originally intended recipient, asking if they want the message to be downloaded | ||
+ | * **Delete | ||
+ | * **Delete | ||
+ | * **Download, Copy and delete** - the message will be downloaded as normal and sent to a specified user/list as well as the originally intended recipient, and then immediately deleted from the ISP mailbox | ||
+ | * **Download, Redirect and delete** - the message will be downloaded as normal and sent to a specified user/list instead of the originally intended recipient, and then immediately deleted from the ISP mailbox | ||
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+ | Note that with any of the ' | ||
The conditions that VPOP3 can check for a rule are: | The conditions that VPOP3 can check for a rule are: | ||
- | * Message header (any message header can be checked, but common ones to check are '' | + | |
- | * Message size (condition matches if the size (in bytes) is equal or greater than the specified number) | + | |
- | * Time now (HH: | + | |
- | * Day now (days of week to match, 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, to 7=Saturday) | + | |
- | * VPOP3 recipient (user name who will receive the message) | + | |
- | * InMail (the old name for Mail Collector) - (this is the **zero-based** number of the Mail Collector. Note that VPOP3 displays them as one-based numbers, so if VPOP3 displays the collector as number ' | + | * **Collector** - (this is the **zero-based** number of the Mail Collector. Note that VPOP3 displays them as one-based numbers, so if VPOP3 displays the collector as number ' |
+ | * **Valid Rcpts** - the number of valid recipients for the message | ||
+ | * **Invalid Rcpts** - the number of invalid recipients for the message | ||
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+ | VPOP3 logs download rule activations in a file ' | ||