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+ | ===== POPFile May Need Root ===== | ||
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+ | **Installing** | ||
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+ | On most systems, for example Linux distros, you must be logged in as root (superuser) to install POPFile. | ||
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+ | **Running** | ||
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+ | POPFile itself doesn' | ||
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+ | To avoid the need for superuser, you can configure POPFile to listen for POP3 connections on a different higher port, like 1110, and correspondingly make the same change to your mail client. | ||
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