http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/ 2026-07-24T08:54:55+00:00 http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/ http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/lib/tpl/getpopfile-org/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-12-31T17:35:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:addpopfileuser?rev=1262280936&do=diff Add POPFile User wizard (adduser.exe) The 'Add POPFile User' wizard is used by the POPFile installer (setup.exe) to perform the user-specific parts of the installation. This wizard is also installed in the main POPFile installation folder for use when a new user tries to run POPFile for the first time. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:advancedsetup?rev=1202500160&do=diff This will be the page for more advanced setups, right now its just a collection of stuff taken from HowTos and the current index. HowTos needs modifying but since the reorganization is just starting I left it. Configuring Proxies & Firewalls * Proxy Chaining * Using POPFile's top_too command * HotPopper (Hotmail Popper) text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:agent?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Forte Agent for POPFile Mail Configuration * From the menus, pick Options -> Inbound Email * Select the System Tab * Note the original POP server in the 'POP Server' box, you will need it below. * Replace the contents of the POP Server box with 127.0.0.1 text/html 2013-10-27T04:18:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:allplatformsrequireperl?rev=1382847516&do=diff A Working Perl Installation is Required Regardless of the OS, you must have a working Perl installation to use the cross-platform version of POPFile. * Windows users must have Perl 5.8.0 or above, available from ActiveState The current Perl 5.8 release is text/html 2009-10-03T21:48:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:applemail?rev=1254606484&do=diff Configure Apple Mail for POPFile This document describes how to configure Apple Mail (Mac OS X) for POPFile. Note: if you are using MobileMe(.Mac) account If you are using MobileMe(.Mac) account on Mail, the 'Account Type' may be set to MobileMe IMAP text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:avast?rev=1202500160&do=diff Latest Version of AVAST (4.5) The latest version of avast has a “transparent” scanner and Popfile can be set up in the standard manner (On Win (NT/2K/XP) systems). Avast will then (without alteration) scan incoming mail before Popfile. NOTE: If you had used the following method to setup Avast in the past you NEED TO CHANGE YOUR SETUP text/html 2009-03-05T16:08:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:avg_personal_email_scanner?rev=1236269296&do=diff Using the AVG Personal Email Scanner (AVG EMS) with POPFile The Free Edition of AVG Anti-Virus v7 includes a Personal email scanner plugin which scans incoming and outgoing emails automatically. This plugin can be used with email clients which do not have a dedicated AVG plugin, such as Outlook Express (AVG 7 has dedicated email plugins for Outlook, The BAT! and Eudora). text/html 2011-12-21T16:04:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:backup?rev=1324483460&do=diff Backup, Restoration, and transferring POPFile settings Why are Backups necessary ? There are three primary reasons for backing up POPFile. * You should always backup POPFile before installing a new version. * You may want to backup your settings and configuration periodically especially if you are modifying a skin, using a pre-release version, or modifying the source. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:bucketsetup?rev=1202500160&do=diff Bucket Setup POPFile is an extremely versatile program. You can have it just filter spam from non-spam e-mail, but what makes POPFile unique is that it is designed to be more than a simple filter. For each type of mail you want classified you need to setup a bucket. A text/html 2008-06-14T01:59:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:bugs?rev=1213408746&do=diff HOWTO Report a Bug in POPFile IMPORTANT Before submitting a bug please consider dropping in on the Help Forum instead. If you are having trouble with POPFile the Help Forum is a good place to start because there are people there (including POPFile's author) to help diagnose the problem. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:clientsetup?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configuring your Mail Client To make your Mail Client cooperate with POPFile, just pick your client from the list below: * Courier Mail * Eudora * Moving messages in Eudora * Forte Agent * IncrediMail * Lotus Notes * Mozilla/Netscape * Opera * Outlook 2000/XP/2003 * Moving messages in Outlook * Using POPFile //Inside// Outlook * Outlook Express * Moving messages in Outlook Express * Hiding bucket name in subject in Outlook Express * Pegasus … text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:couriermail?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Courier Mail for POPFile 1. If you don't already have a working email account in Courier, create an email account following the instructions in the Courier documentation and verify that it is working before setting up POPFile. 2. If POPFile isn't installed, follow the directions at text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:crossplatforminstall?rev=1202500160&do=diff Installation notes for cross-platform version Installation instructions for Cross-Platform versions used on various operating systems. Notes for all Platforms * POPFile requires a working Perl installation with certain specific modules installed. * POPFile may require root on certain systems. * POPFile must be run from its directory or you must set environment variables. * POPFile's Directory Structure and Configuration Files. * POPFile's Default Port Usage. * POPFile's Mult… text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:cygwin?rev=1202500160&do=diff DBD:SQLite Broken on Cygwin The cross-platform version of POPFile v0.21.1 does not work out of the box under cygwin. This is due to a bug in the DBD::SQLite package, which does not recognize UNIX-style filename paths when built in cygwin using the standard CPAN installation system. A bug report has been filed for the DBD:SQLite module and is available text/html 2011-09-23T23:55:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:dbitracecapture?rev=1316822120&do=diff POPFile DBI Trace Capture utility (dbicapture.exe) Introduction This utility has been created as a diagnostic aid for use when POPFile reports problems with its database. Although POPFile usually outputs some console messages when there are problems with the SQLite database, these messages do not give much information about what went wrong. text/html 2009-12-24T14:00:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:debian?rev=1261663210&do=diff Installing the Debian Package General Popfile is available as an official Debian package. Open the following link to get more details about it. <http://packages.debian.org/popfile> The package can be installed as any other Debian package: * # apt-get install popfile If you need Japanese support, you may have to install Kakasi modules: text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:dirstruct?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile's Directory Structure and Configuration Files POPFile requires its directory structure and configuration files exist under the POPFile installation directory. Assuming you install POPFile to /usr/local/brad/popfile/ then your installation will look like this: text/html 2018-03-20T15:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:eudora?rev=1521560314&do=diff Configure Eudora for POPFile Mail Configuration * From the menus, Tools -> Personalities. * The Personalities pane will display, select the personality you want to configure to use POPFile. * Right click and select Properties. * Select the text/html 2009-10-24T06:02:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:fedora?rev=1256364128&do=diff The install package (RPM) for Fedora / RedHat The rpm package for POPFile (v1.1.1) is now stable for Fedora 10/11. How to get RPM/SRPM RPMs for Fedora 10/11 is now stable You can get rpm package for POPFile using yum: $ su - Password: (enter root password) # yum -y install popfile # exit text/html 2008-02-09T19:14:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:hidesubjectbucketnameoutlookexpress?rev=1202584448&do=diff Hide bucket name in replies (Outlook Express) In email clients that do not provide access in their filters and rules - notably Outlook Express it is useful to turn off Subject modification for the principal non-Spam buckets so that the Subject is more meaningful and so that when replying or forwarding a message your bucket names don't get broadcast to an uncaring and disinterested world. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:hotpop?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Incredimail for HotPOP Incredimail is not an email server, but rather, an email client. It is, according to About.com, “A program used to read and send email messages. As opposed to the email server, which transports mail, an email client is what the user interacts with. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:incredimail?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Incredimail for POPFile Incredimail works fine with POPFile, but the windows installer will not automatically configure it for you. You'll have to configure it manually using the following instructions: (1) To access your email account settings, start Incredimail, click text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:kmailspamwizard?rev=1202500160&do=diff Using POPFile with KMail 1.71 KMail version 1.71 incorporates a new antispam wizard that uses information stored in /opt/kde3/share/config/kmail.antispamrc to help the KMail user set up appropriate filters that will take advantage of whatever spam tool the user has installed on the system. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:lan?rev=1202500160&do=diff Using POPFile on a LAN Stealth Mode Must Be Off POPFile normally operates in stealth mode, which means it refuses connections from any machine other than the one that POPFile is running on. This protects the user from unauthorized attempts to access POPFile's services, including the POP3 proxy and UI. text/html 2009-12-26T02:55:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:linux?rev=1261796158&do=diff Linux Instructions This page is a directory to specific instructions for certain Linux distributions. If you cannot find your distribution here, simply follow the Crossplatform installation instructions. * The install package (RPM) for Fedora / RedHat * RedHat * Mandrake * Installing POPFile on SuSE * POPFile on Ubuntu * Installing the Debian Package text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:lotus_notes?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Lotus Notes for POPFile * In Name & Address book, Settings navigator, Accounts view: Add Account. Account name: [whatever you want to call it] Account server name: 127.0.0.1 Login name: mail.isp.net:username@isp.net Password: ******* Protocol: POP SSL: Disabled Only from location(s): * text/html 2015-04-11T12:07:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:macosx?rev=1428754028&do=diff Using POPFile on Mac OS X Platforms POPFile v1.1.0 comes with the first official Mac OS X installer! You can now install POPFile on your Mac easily. POPFile v1.1.3 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). System Requirements You'll need several things to get started with POPFile on Mac text/html 2009-11-17T15:09:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:magnetsetup?rev=1258470574&do=diff Setting up magnets Magnets are an optional feature that let you bypass POPFile Bayesian classification system. For example, you can set up a magnet that will put every message from a certain sender into a certain bucket similar to a normal filter rule in your mail client. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:mailstats?rev=1202500160&do=diff Keep a Record of POPFile's Statistics Over Time This HOWTO explains how to use two widely used utilities to regularly grab a copy of your POPFile buckets page by email so you can retain a history of your POPFile statistics over time. Although the instructions here are Windows specific, the methods used can easily be applied to other non-windows platforms by locating a platform specific version of the utilities (or comparable replacements). text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:mandrake?rev=1202500160&do=diff Installing POPFile on Mandrake General This howto describes the process to successfully install POPFile on Mandrake 10.0 configured with the following options; * POPFile listening on port 110 for POP3 connections with the UI on port 8080. This configuration requires POPFile run as superuser. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:mayneedroot?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile May Need Root Installing On most systems, for example Linux distros, you must be logged in as root (superuser) to install POPFile. Running POPFile itself doesn't inherently require any special permissions, but many systems restrict access to ports below 1024 so a running instance of POPFile that uses port 110 for POP3 will require superuser to run. text/html 2010-08-04T20:46:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:messagecapture?rev=1280954792&do=diff POPFile Message Capture utility (msgcapture.exe/pfimsgcapture.exe) Introduction By default POPFile runs invisibly in the background. Some POPFile status, warning and error messages can only be seen if POPFile is configured to display the console window (DOS box). On some systems this console window may close when POPFile exits which can make it difficult to make a note of any error messages. Messages can also be lost as the console window often only has 25 lines available and messages can scr… text/html 2018-03-20T16:07:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:moveeudora?rev=1521562030&do=diff Mail Filter Configuration in Eudora Eudora allows filtering based on any mail header, which is great - everything can be done completely in the background, without changing the subject line of the message! So the easiest method of setting up filters for POPFile's classification is to turn on the text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:moveoutlookexpress?rev=1202500160&do=diff Moving Messages in Outlook Express * 1. In Outlook Express select the Tools->Message Rules->Mail... * 2. The New Mail Rule window appears. * 3. Outlook Express cannot use the X-Text-Classification header, which would allow mail filtering to occur completely in the background. So instead, click text/html 2010-04-23T15:52:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:movewindowslivemail?rev=1272037938&do=diff Moving Messages in Windows Live Mail * 1. By default Windows Live Mail does not display the menu bar. Click the Menus button (at the top right of the window, next to the ? button) then click Show menu bar to display the menu bar. * 2. Select text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:mozclickable?rev=1202500160&do=diff Getting a clickable link to the POPFile UI in Mozilla Mail and Thunderbird There is an extension available for both programs that will allow you to get a clickable link from any message to the POPFile UI. It will also allow you to display the X-Text-Classification header more easily. The extension is called mnenhy (short for mail-news ehancements) and can be found at text/html 2009-02-11T15:22:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:mozilla_netscape?rev=1234365746&do=diff Mozilla / Netscape / Thunderbird Configuration This document describes how to make Mozilla / Netscape / Thunderbird Mail work with POPFile. Since they are all based on Mozilla they are very similar and one set of instructions should work. This How To explains how to change your settings to use POPFile as a proxy, how to set up filtering rules based on POPFile's classification, and how to enable a hyperlink to POPFile's single message view. It is assumed that both the mail client and POPFile … text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:multiuserphase1forwindows?rev=1202500160&do=diff Multi-user support in POPFile 0.22.x (Windows) Although some multi-user support was added to POPFile for the 0.21.0 release this support is very limited. Much improved multi-user support will appear in the 0.23.0 release - work has started on that release but a lot of work remains to be done. (The next release of POPFile will be the 0.22.5 one.) text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:multiusers?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile Options for Mulitiple User Setups POPFile recognizes two environment variables that can be used to support multiple user installations of POPFile. POPFILE_ROOT The POPFILE_ROOT environment variable should be set to the path to POPFile's software installation, e.g., the location of popfile.pl text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:norton_antivirus?rev=1202500160&do=diff Using Norton Antivirus (NAV) with POPFile Norton Antivirus works as a transparent email proxy. That is, it passes along requests from your email client to your email server. To use POPFile and NAV together, do the following: NAV should opperate between your email server (e.g. text/html 2009-06-13T02:18:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:oldwindows?rev=1244859492&do=diff Support for old versions of Windows Introduction POPFile is written in Perl. Perl is an interpreted language that has ports for almost every popular platform available today. This means that a user can run the same POPFile code without any changes or recompiles on any available Perl installation (unlike languages such as C). text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:opera?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configuring Opera's M2 mail client to work with POPFile This text assumes that you have already set up M2 for your mail account and everything is running fine. Setting up M2 to use POPFile as a POP3 proxy * Install POPFile. * In Opera, choose File text/html 2010-03-23T21:13:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:optionalwindowsutilities?rev=1269378812&do=diff Optional Utilities for use with the Windows version of POPFile These utilities are not included in the Windows version of POPFile; they must be downloaded separately: * POPFile DBI Trace Capture utility (dbicapture.exe) text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:outlook?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configuring Outlook 2000/XP/2003 for POPFile * 1. In Outlook select the Tools->Email Accounts... menu option. The E-mail Accounts dialog will appear. * 2. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next. Choose the account you want to use POPFile with and click Change text/html 2008-07-02T16:48:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:outlookmove?rev=1215017336&do=diff Moving email into another folder in Outlook POPFile can classify messages. It is up to your email client to take further action based on POPFile's classification. For example, you may want to sort messages into different folders, put up an alert message, or apply an Outlook text/html 2009-11-14T01:54:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:outlooktoday?rev=1258163690&do=diff Access POPFile from within Outlook One annoyance to using POPFile with Outlook is that the X-Popfile-link header is not easily accessed inside Outlook. Also, it is sometimes inconvenient to open a browser window to reclassify email. However, it is possible to access POPFile from within Outlook so you can reclassify messages without opening a separate browser window. text/html 2009-08-29T16:19:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:outlook_express?rev=1251562782&do=diff Configure Outlook Express for POPFile * 1. In Outlook Express select the Tools->Accounts... menu option. The Internet Accounts dialog will appear. * 2. Select the account you wish to modify to use POPFile and click on Properties. * 3. Choose the Servers tab. Make a note of the Incoming Mail (POP3) server name and the Incoming Mail Server Account Name. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:pegasus?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configuring Pegasus to work with POPFile This document describes how to make Pegasus Mail work with POPFile. The first part (this one) describes how to change your Pegasus Mail settings to use POPFile as a proxy. If you want to learn about setting up filtering rules in Pegasus to filter mail based on POPFile's classification, have a look at text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:pegasusmove?rev=1202500160&do=diff Moving Classified Messages in Pegasus The easiest method of setting up filters for POPFile's classification is to turn on the X-Text-Classification insertion on POPFile's Configuration page. * 1. In Pegasus, setup a folder for example, called spam. * 2. Select the New Mail text/html 2009-10-29T17:48:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:pegasusxpl?rev=1256838510&do=diff Customize Pegasus Mail to Show the X-POPFile-Link This page explains how to make POPFile even easier to use if you are using Pegasus Mail by showing or hiding the POPFile headers X-Text-Classification and X-POPFile-Link with a single key command in Pegasus. text/html 2010-08-04T20:53:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:pfidiagnostic?rev=1280955228&do=diff PFI Diagnostic Utility (pfidiag.exe) Introduction Starting with the 0.21.0 release, the 'User Data' (POPFile configuration data, corpus, magnets, message history, etc) does not need to be stored in the same folder as the POPFile program. The installer assumes each user will have completely separate 'User Data' when it defines the POPFILE_ROOT and POPFILE_USER environment variables. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:pine?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Pine for POPFile Mail Configuration This is for version 4.44 of the Pine client. It should be basically the same for any recent version. * install and configure POPFile and create your buckets. * Change the Separator Character (2nd item in configuration) to something other than a colon. I chose _ (an underscore), which isn't in my remote username. If you have one, try dash. If you have both, you'll have to experiment. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:portsused?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile's Default Port Usage POPFile uses certain ports by default. These ports may conflict with other software packages running on your machine. You can easily change the defaults to a non-conflicting port by using a commandline option when your startup POPFile. POP3 text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:proxy_chaining?rev=1202500160&do=diff Proxy Chaining Introduction POPFile is an email proxy. In the simpliest possible installation, POPFile is an intermediary that passes along communications between your email client (e.g. Outlook) and your email server (e.g. pop.your_isp.com). Simple POPFile installation text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:redhat_mandrake?rev=1202500160&do=diff Startup / Shutdown Script for RedHat and Mandrake All of the information below assumes you are logged in as root. Here is a script for RedHat- it needs to reside in /etc/init.d/ It is based on a script by John Zoetebier for SuSE (The HOWTO forum has the original text/html 2008-03-12T10:16:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:revisedstartupitem?rev=1205316976&do=diff A revised startup item for mac os #!/bin/sh # # POPfile - startup script # # For this to work POPfile should be in /Library/POPfile # . /etc/rc.common PFPATH='/Users//yourusername/Library/POPfile' PIDFILE=$PFPATH/popfile.pid DESC='POPfile mail classification proxy' if [ "$1" == "start" ]; then ConsoleMessage "Starting $DESC" NOSTART=0 if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then if kill -0 `cat $PIDFILE` >/dev/null 2>&1; then ConsoleMessage "POPFile already running." … text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:rfes?rev=1202500160&do=diff HOWTO Request a POPFile Feature IMPORTANT Before submitting a feature request please search the database to ensure that it has not already been requested (or even implemented). If you find the same or similar request simply add a comment to it that indicates your interest. text/html 2015-04-17T01:06:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:runlocation?rev=1429232804&do=diff POPFile Run Location Unless you set POPFile's environment variables, POPFile expects to find its modules and files relative to the directory that you run POPFile from. That means you must either run POPFile from its install directory or set the appropriate environment variables to tell POPFile where to find its stuff, e.g., text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:runpopfile?rev=1202500160&do=diff Run POPFile (enhanced) utility (runpopfile.exe) The “Run POPFile” Start Menu shortcuts created by the Windows installer use this utility to start POPFile. This is a simple front-end which runs the 'popfile.exe' starter program after ensuring the necessary environment variables exist. If the POPFILE_ROOT and POPFILE_USER environment variables are undefined, the registry data created by the installer is used to define them. text/html 2009-03-09T00:57:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:runsqlite?rev=1236560260&do=diff POPFile Run SQLite Utility (runsqlite.exe) The Windows installer creates a shortcut (Run SQLite utility) in the 'User Data' folder which runs this utility. The utility performs some simple input validation before starting the appropriate SQLite command-line utility (either text/html 2012-06-28T14:16:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:saproxy?rev=1340892968&do=diff Configure SAProxy for POPFile CAUTION: The content of this page seems to be outdated. SAproxy is a Windows POP3 proxy implementation of Spamassassin. You can get it (free) at <http://www.bloomba.com/download.html#saproxydl>. Spamassassin uses a variety of rules to identify the likelihood of a given e-mail being spam and if so, can add a header, change the subject line and encapsulate the message much as POPfile does. The latest version includes a Bayesian filtering option, but SAproxy does … text/html 2011-09-23T23:59:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:shutdown?rev=1316822348&do=diff HOWTO Shutdown POPFile without using the Browser Windows If you are running POPFile 0.20.x (or later) you can use the “Shutdown POPFile silently” shortcut on the Start Menu (Start -> Programs -> POPFile -> Shutdown POPFile silently) to shutdown POPFile without starting the browser. This utility is installed by the Windows installer and requires no extra software. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:silentshutdown?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile Silent Shutdown Utility (stop_pf.exe) This utility shuts POPFile down silently, without opening a browser window. The “Shutdown POPFile silently” shortcut on the Start Menu uses this utility with the /SHOWERRORS option and the UI port number selected during the installation. The utility can also be used in a batch file. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:smtpproxy?rev=1202500160&do=diff SMTP Proxy Here's how to use it. The SMTP proxy sits as the first server incoming mail over SMTP hits and you configure POPFile as follows. The SMTP proxy is intended for use in an environment where all SMTP mail is classified using a single user. Once POPFile gets full multi-user support we'll allow different users to have different buckets, but for the moment this was intended for SOHO environments that want to do some global filtering on incoming mail. text/html 2009-03-10T16:54:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:sqlitecommandlineutility?rev=1236704058&do=diff SQLite command-line utility Introduction Starting with POPFile version 0.21.0, POPFile uses a SQLite database to store the POPFile corpus, magnets and other data. POPFile's SQLite database is a single file, usually named popfile.db. At first POPFile used SQLite version 2.x databases but with the 1.1.0 release it switched to the newer SQLite version 3.x format for the database. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:sqlitestatuscheck?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile SQLite Database Status Check (pfidbstatus.exe) Introduction This utility performs some integrity checks on the SQLite database file used by POPFile 0.21.0 or later. POPFile should be shut down before this utility is run (otherwise this utility will not be able to open POPFile's database file). text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:sqliteutilitynotes?rev=1202500160&do=diff Duplicate pages merged to 'sqlite' Tutorial for POPFile 0.21.0 to 1.0.1. text/html 2013-10-25T14:52:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:sqlite_tutorial?rev=1382712762&do=diff 'sqlite' Tutorial for POPFile 0.21.0 to 1.0.1 'sqlite' is a command-line program to administer SQLite 2.x databases as used by POPFile 0.21.0 to 1.0.1. This utility is called sqlite.exe or sqlite depending upon the platform. For simplicity this tutorial refers to the utility as text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:stunnel?rev=1202500160&do=diff HOWTO Use Stunnel with POPFile Obtain and install Stunnel, * Create a config file for stunnel as per normal plus this: client=yes service=popmail [popmail] accept = 127.0.0.1:210 connect = your.mail.server:995 * Start stunnel, make sure it does not die. If you have problems add 'debug=7' to the above config file and fix any problems it reports. text/html 2008-12-22T14:57:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:suppressxplwarning?rev=1229957862&do=diff Suppress XPL Warning By default in Stealth Mode, POPFile uses 127.0.0.1 for the X-POPFile-Link address. In non Stealth Mode, POPFile uses the machine's hostname. At least one email client (Eudora) issues a security warning with that IP address, 'localhost', or anything that doesn't look like a fully qualified domain name (basically it has to have a period in it). As security becomes a greater issue, other mail clients may begin doing the same. This page explains how to use the bayes_localho… text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:suse?rev=1202500160&do=diff Installing POPFile on SuSE General This howto describes the process to successfully install POPFile on SuSE 9.1 Professional configured with the following options; * POPFile listening on port 110 for POP3 connections with the UI on port 8080. This configuration requires POPFile run as superuser. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:thebat?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure The Bat! for POPFile Mail Configuration * Load The Bat, then select Properties from the Account menu. * Click on the Transport option in the list to the left. * Write down the name of your POP3 server in the Mail Server field (e.g.. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:thebatheaders?rev=1202500160&do=diff Viewing the POPFile headers in The Bat! It is possible to view the message classification (X-Text-Classification) or reclassification link (X-POPFile-Link) while reading a message in The Bat! without viewing the source of the message. This requires version 2 of The Bat! text/html 2008-02-15T17:47:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:toptoo?rev=1203097660&do=diff Using POPFile's toptoo option Here are some situations where mail clients typically use the TOP command: Note: Setting toptoo to true (1) will mean that every message appears twice in your Popfile History. This will have only a nominal impact though, because the history gets cleared automatically after a few days and overall accuracy should be the same. Either message can be used to reclassify the message within POPFile. text/html 2012-08-27T12:41:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:training?rev=1346071276&do=diff Training POPFile Out of the box, POPFile is dumb. It doesn't know what spam is, what e-mail is, or what any of the buckets you specified mean. It takes a little time to train it. Why can't POPFile come “pre-trained” to know what spam is? Because email classification is a subjective exercise. If you are a medical doctor, you might well receive important email with words that for other people would indicate a high likelihood of being spam. POPFile is effective because it is personalized for e… text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:ubuntu?rev=1202500160&do=diff POPFile on Ubuntu Installing POPFile on Ubuntu is straightforward and easy: Simply install the popfile package from the universe repository. After installation, POPFile should already be running, listening for http connections on port 7070 and for POP3 connections on port 7071. text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:upgradingpopfiledata?rev=1202500160&do=diff Upgrading existing POPFile data Windows version of POPFile The Windows installer for POPFile should automatically detect an existing POPFile installation and offer to update it. Sometimes an update involves changes to the format or structure of POPFile's corpus database and in these cases the installer will display some progress messages (because the update can take several minutes or even longer if a very large corpus database is involved). text/html 2010-04-23T19:41:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:vistacompatibility?rev=1272051694&do=diff Windows 7/Vista Compatibility Introduction Windows Vista introduced a new feature called User Account Control (UAC) which is intended to help prevent unauthorised changes to the computer. UAC does this by asking for permission or an administrator password before performing actions that could potentially affect the computer's operation or that change settings that affect other users. text/html 2009-06-12T19:50:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:windowsinstallation?rev=1244836242&do=diff Using POPFile on Windows Platforms System Requirements You'll need several things to get started with POPFile on Windows. * The latest POPFile release. * An e-mail account that uses the POP3 protocol (most accounts do, although you can't use POPFile with web-based services like Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail without extra software. See text/html 2010-04-24T16:43:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:windowslivemail?rev=1272127386&do=diff Configure Windows Live Mail for POPFile * 1. In Windows Live Mail select the Mail Account to be modified and right-click it to display a menu. * 2. Select the Properties entry in the menu to display the Properties window. * 3. In the Properties window choose the text/html 2010-03-23T21:08:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:windowsutilities?rev=1269378532&do=diff Utilities shipped with the Windows version of POPFile * Add POPFile User wizard (adduser.exe) * POPFile Message Capture utility (msgcapture.exe/pfimsgcapture.exe) * POPFile SQLite Database Status Check (pfidbstatus.exe) * PFI Diagnostic Utility (pfidiag.exe) * Run POPFile (enhanced) utility (runpopfile.exe) * POPFile Run SQLite Utility (runsqlite.exe) * POPFile Silent Shutdown Utility (stop_pf.exe) * SQLite command-line utility (sqlite3.exe/sqlite.exe) text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:ximian_evolution?rev=1202500160&do=diff Congifure Ximiam Evolution for POPFile Mail Configuration * Go to Tools > Settings... * For each mail account under Mail Accounts, click on the account name and click Edit. Go to the Receiving Mail pane. Change the host to 127.0.0.1, and the username to host:username. For example, if the host is text/html 2008-02-08T19:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.getpopfile.com/docs/howtos:yahoo?rev=1202500160&do=diff Configure Incredimail for Yahoo Incredimail is not an email server, but rather, an email client. It is, according to About.com, “A program used to read and send email messages. As opposed to the email server, which transports mail, an email client is what the user interacts with.