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faq:ssl [2008/12/03 18:22] – The "Change" option can be used if installer failed to install SSL files xuesheng | faq:ssl [2011/08/21 18:15] – POPFile 1.1.2 has now been released xuesheng | ||
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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 | + | POPFile 0.22.0 (or later) can make SSL connections to mail servers if some optional Perl and %%OpenSSL%% components are installed. |
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+ | For Windows systems all of these optional SSL files will either | ||
===== Windows version of POPFile ===== | ===== Windows version of POPFile ===== | ||
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+ | ==== POPFile 1.1.2 (or later) ==== | ||
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+ | The Windows installer for POPFile 1.1.2 (or later) automatically installs the necessary SSL Support files so all that needs to be done to use SSL with POP3 accounts is to change the username in your email client to '' | ||
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+ | 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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The " | The " | ||
- | ==== POPFile 0.22.5 | + | ==== POPFile 0.22.5 ==== |
- | The Windows installer for 0.22.5 can download the necessary SSL Support files if the "SSL Support" | + | 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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+ | ===== Mac OS X Version of POPFile ===== | ||
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+ | If you need the SSL support, you can use ' | ||
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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, |
===== Email Client configuration ===== | ===== Email Client configuration ===== | ||
- | 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 host:995: | + | 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 '' |
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+ | If you are using POPFile | ||
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+ | 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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