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+ | ====== Using POPFile on a LAN ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Stealth Mode Must Be Off ===== | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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+ | To use POPFile in a LAN configuration where POPFile will be hosted on a machine other than the machine that will be accessing either the UI or the POP3 proxy, you must turn off //stealth// mode on the UI's Security Page. The two standard options are: | ||
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+ | * Accept POP3 connections from remote machines (requires POPFile restart) | ||
+ | * Accept HTTP (User Interface) connections from remote machines (requires POPFile restart) | ||
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+ | Additionally, | ||
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+ | ===== Accessing the UI ===== | ||
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+ | When operating with a LAN set up, you will need to alter the URL used to access POPFile' | ||
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+ | * **Machine Name** - if the client machine is named gandalf and the POPFile machine is named frodo, the URL you would use on the client machine to access POPFile' | ||
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+ | * **IP Number** - if the client machine is at 192.168.1.4 and the POPFile machine is at 192.168.1.2, | ||
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+ | **Note:** On most systems, you can find the machine name of the POPFile machine by looking on the UI's Advanced Page under the bayes_hostname parameter. The value shown there will typically be the correct machine name. | ||
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+ | ===== Configuring the Mail Client ===== | ||
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+ | When operating with a LAN set up, your mail client must be configured to recieve POP3 incoming mail via the correct machine name or IP address of the machine on the LAN that is running POPFile. The username must specify the // | ||
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+ | * Client machine is on 192.168.1.4 with machine name gandalf and original POP3 incoming mail server set to pop3.myisp.com and original username was myusername. | ||
+ | * POPFile machine is on 192.168.1.2 with machine name frodo. | ||
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+ | You would configure your mail client' | ||
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+ | ===== Host Machine is Also Mail Server ===== | ||
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+ | It's not uncommon in a LAN environment to have a mail server running on one of the machine' | ||
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