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The good news is: Yes, you can use POPFile over SSL connections! | The good news is: Yes, you can use POPFile over SSL connections! | ||
- | POPFile 0.22.0 (or later) can make SSL connections to mail servers if some optional Perl and OpenSSL components are installed. For Windows systems all of these optional SSL files can be downloaded from the University of Winnipeg repository when POPFile is installed. | + | POPFile 0.22.0 (or later) can make SSL connections to mail servers if some optional Perl and %%OpenSSL%% components are installed. |
- | The Windows | + | For Windows |
- | **The [[http:// | ||
- | There are several reasons why the 0.22.3 and 0.22.4 installers and version | + | ===== Windows |
- | * Since 18 July 2006 the SSL files which the 0.22.3 and 0.22.4 installers download are no longer compatible with POPFile (console messages reporting missing files will be output and POPFile will not process mail) | ||
- | * Although versions 0.1.6 and 0.1.7 of the POPFile SSL Setup wizard can fix the problems caused by the 18 July 2006 changes, they cannot fix the changes introduced on 18 August 2006 (which cause similar problems). | + | ==== POPFile |
- | * Version 0.1.8 of the POPFile | + | The Windows installer for POPFile 1.1.2 (or later) automatically installs |
- | Versions | + | By default SSL connections to POP3 servers use port 995. If you need to specify a non-standard port for a particular account change the username in your email client to the '' |
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+ | Please note that the SSL connection is between POPFile and the mail server, so do not configure the email client to use SSL for this account (POPFile will not accept an SSL connection from your email client). If you previously had your email client set to make an SSL connection to the server you must turn that off when you change the account to work with POPFile. | ||
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+ | Note: Windows users should disable forking (this is the default setting) when using SSL connections. If you have enabled forking you can disable it by one of the following: | ||
+ | * changing the "Allow concurrent POP3 connections" | ||
+ | * changing the " | ||
+ | * shutting down POPFile and editing the " | ||
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+ | ==== POPFile 1.0.0 to 1.1.1 ==== | ||
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+ | The Windows installers for POPFile 1.0.0 to 1.1.1 can download the necessary SSL Support files if the "SSL Support" | ||
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+ | SSL support can be also be added or updated after installation by using the " | ||
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+ | The installer also has a special mode which can be used to add the SSL files to an existing installation: | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | The " | ||
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+ | ==== POPFile 0.22.5 ==== | ||
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+ | The Windows installer for 0.22.5 can download the necessary SSL Support files if the "SSL Support" | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | This special mode can also be used if the installer was unable to download all of the necessary SSL files at install time. | ||
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+ | ==== POPFile 0.22.3 | ||
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+ | Although the 0.22.3 and 0.22.4 installers offer the option to download and install the SSL Support files the files they download are no longer compatible with POPFile. If you use this installer option POPFile' | ||
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+ | If you want to use SSL with POPFile 0.22.3 or 0.22.4 then you should use version 0.2.1 (or later) | ||
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+ | * **Note:** The SSL Support | ||
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+ | ==== POPFile 0.22.0, 0.22.1 and 0.22.2 ==== | ||
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+ | The Windows installers for 0.22.0, 0.22.1 and 0.22.2 cannot download the necessary SSL Support components so a separate [[http:// | ||
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+ | POPFile 0.22.0, 0.22.1 and 0.22.2 require old versions of the SSL Support files which are compatible with the minimal Perl used by POPFile | ||
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+ | === POPFile SSL Setup wizard' | ||
Since there will always be a delay between incompatible SSL files appearing on the University of Winnipeg repository and the SSL Setup wizard being updated to cope with these new files, version 0.1.7 (or later) of the wizard can install some old SSL files instead of downloading the latest versions. | Since there will always be a delay between incompatible SSL files appearing on the University of Winnipeg repository and the SSL Setup wizard being updated to cope with these new files, version 0.1.7 (or later) of the wizard can install some old SSL files instead of downloading the latest versions. | ||
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'' | '' | ||
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+ | ===== Mac OS X Version of POPFile ===== | ||
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+ | If you need the SSL support, you can use ' | ||
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+ | ===== Cross-Platform Version of POPFile ===== | ||
If you need SSL support and have a full Perl installation, | If you need SSL support and have a full Perl installation, | ||
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- IO:: | - IO:: | ||
- Net::SSLeay (ppm install http:// | - Net::SSLeay (ppm install http:// | ||
- | - OpenSSL (should install automatically with above packages) | + | - %%OpenSSL%% (should install automatically with above packages) |
- | ***Note for non-Windows users (e.g. Mac OS X v10.4.2, SuSE 9.0):** if your system has IO:: | + | ***Note for non-Windows users (e.g. Mac OS X v10.4.2, |
- | Then, in your email client, change the username to host:995: | + | ===== Email Client configuration ===== |
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+ | After adding the necessary SSL files to the POPFile installation the email client can be configured to make POPFile use SSL. In your email client change the username to '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you are using POPFile | ||
+ | |||
+ | If the mail server uses a non-standard port for SSL connections replace ' | ||
Please note that the SSL connection is between POPFile and the mail server, so do not configure the email client to use SSL for this account (POPFile will not accept an SSL connection from your email client). | Please note that the SSL connection is between POPFile and the mail server, so do not configure the email client to use SSL for this account (POPFile will not accept an SSL connection from your email client). | ||
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* changing the " | * changing the " | ||
* shutting down POPFile and editing the " | * shutting down POPFile and editing the " | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
See also: | See also: | ||
* [[FAQ: | * [[FAQ: | ||
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