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| ====== SSL Support for the Windows version of POPFile ====== | ====== SSL Support for the Windows version of POPFile ====== | ||
| + | ^ This page only applies to the old POPFile 1.1.1 release and the earlier releases which offer support for SSL connections to mail servers ^ | ||
| + | ^ POPFile 1.1.2 (or later) uses improved SSL support which is built-in to the installer and does not involve any internet access during installation ^ | ||
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| + | For POPFile 1.1.2 (released 21 August 2011) the SSL support for the Windows version was upgraded to use a completely new SSL support package which is more up-to-date and smaller than the support packages used by earlier releases of POPFile. The Windows installer now includes all of the neceassry files and installs them by default. This means the installer will no longer download (and possibly patch) the files during the installation. As a result the installer code has been simplified and made easier to maintain. | ||
| ===== Why are SSL patches sometimes required? ===== | ===== Why are SSL patches sometimes required? ===== | ||
| POPFile has been able to make SSL connections to mail servers since the 0.22.0 release in September 2004. If the "SSL support" | POPFile has been able to make SSL connections to mail servers since the 0.22.0 release in September 2004. If the "SSL support" | ||
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| + | POPFile 1.1.0 and later releases also download one SSL file from the ppm.tcool.org repository because the file found in the University of Winnipeg repository does not support the timeout feature POPFile uses to cope with slow servers. | ||
| Downloading the SSL support files during the installation helps reduce the size of the installer and ensures that the installation uses the most up-to-date SSL support files. This scheme has worked very well because these SSL files are not updated frequently (see [[#SSL Support Files Status|table]] below). | Downloading the SSL support files during the installation helps reduce the size of the installer and ensures that the installation uses the most up-to-date SSL support files. This scheme has worked very well because these SSL files are not updated frequently (see [[#SSL Support Files Status|table]] below). | ||
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| When SSL support is added to POPFile a log file is created listing the files which get added to POPFile and any SSL patches which were applied to make the files work properly with that particular installation. | When SSL support is added to POPFile a log file is created listing the files which get added to POPFile and any SSL patches which were applied to make the files work properly with that particular installation. | ||
| - | Three log files are used at present. These log files are stored in the main POPFile program folder, as specified in the POPFILE_ROOT environment variable or in the window resulting from the Start -- Programs -- POPFile -- Support -- PFI Diagnostic utility (simple) shortcut: | + | Three log files are used at present: |
| * '' | * '' | ||
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| * '' | * '' | ||
| + | These log files are stored in the main POPFile program folder. The location of this folder is normally held in the POPFILE_ROOT environment variable and in the registry. Since it it not easy for users to check these values, the location of this folder can be displayed using the following shortcut created by the installer: | ||
| + | Start -- Programs -- POPFile -- Support -- PFI Diagnostic utility (simple) | ||
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| ====== SSL Patch Files on the POPFile Server (getpopfile.org) ====== | ====== SSL Patch Files on the POPFile Server (getpopfile.org) ====== | ||
| - | The ''/ | + | The ''/ |
| 0.22.x.pcf | 0.22.x.pcf | ||
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| 1.0.1.pcf | 1.0.1.pcf | ||
| 1.1.0.pcf | 1.1.0.pcf | ||
| + | 1.1.1.pcf | ||
| SSL_pm.pat | SSL_pm.pat | ||
| MD5SUMS | MD5SUMS | ||
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| * "SSL Support Files Status" | * "SSL Support Files Status" | ||
| - | * On 22 June 2005 the University of Winnipeg' | + | * On 22 June 2005 the University of Winnipeg' |
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| | 1.0.0 | | 1.0.0 | ||
| | 1.0.1 | | 1.0.1 | ||
| - | | 1.1.0 | + | | 1.1.0 |
| + | | 1.1.1 | ||
| - | * "SSL Support Status for POPFile releases" | + | * "SSL Support Status for POPFile releases" |
| - | * For the 1.1.0 release POPFile uses a timeout when connecting to the SSL server. This requires the use of IO:: | + | * Starting with the 1.1.0 release POPFile |
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