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Using POPFile on Windows Platforms

System Requirements

You'll need several things to get started with POPFile on Windows.

  • 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 Configuring Proxies & Firewalls).
  • Approximately 7MB free disk space (or 13MB, if 'Nihongo' (Japanese) is selected) is required for the default installation created by the Windows installer.
  • POPFile itself occupies about 4MB (including some Windows-specific files).
  • POPFile is written in Perl so the installer installs a minimal version of Perl which occupies approximately 3MB.
  1. Run setup.exe and follow the installation instructions. See Vista Compatibility page if using Vista.
    Note: If you've got an error “To install on the 'C' drive please select a folder location that does not contain spaces” in the installation process, please see the troubleshooting of this problem.
  2. You can launch POPFile from the Start Menu (Start –> Programs –> POPFile –> RunPOPFile), or reboot and it will start automatically via a shortcut in the StartUp folder (if the automatic startup option was selected during the installation).
    Important note: In either case, nothing will appear on your screen! To check if it's running correctly, read the “Accessing POPFile” section below.
  3. Configure your email client. See Configuring Specific Mail Clients.

Accessing POPFile

  • POPFile doesn't have a traditional interface like most programs - you access it through your web browser. Don't worry - unless you say otherwise, no-one outside your machine can access it.
  • To load POPFile, go to [“http://127.0.0.1:8080”], or (for the Windows version) click on the 'POPFile User Interface' link in your Start Menu. Important note: if, during the Windows install process, you chose a different port to talk to POPFile on, replace the “8080” part with whatever you chose.
  • If you get an error message, check that POPFile is really running, and that you have the port number correct (it should be 8080, but if you changed it, you'll also need to change that in the web address you're going to.)

Access tip

You can make it easier to access POPFile by modifying your hosts file. For example, you could set it so that http://popfile:8080 would launch the POPFile UI by adding this line to your hosts file:

127.0.0.1	popfile

The default locations of your hosts file on Windows are:

Windows XP  =   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
Windows 2K  =   C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
Win 98/ME   =   C:\WINDOWS

Of course, you can also create a bookmark for POPFile and some mail clients allow access to the POPFile UI within the mail client. See Access POPFile from within Outlook for an example.

 
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