The Admin Settings page lets you specify certain features related to administrators, error messages etc.
The Main Administrator An Administrator is a VPOP3 user who is allowed to change VPOP3 settings, add/remove users, view queued messages etc. is the user which receives any error messages generated by VPOP3, and also email which cannot be automatically delivered (for instance if the target email address isn’t recognised), unless a different mailbox is specified below. Initially this is configured to be the Postmaster mailbox, but you may want to change this (for instance if you want to remove the Postmaster mailbox).
This section lets you define how VPOP3 handles messages which are downloaded from the Internet using the POP3 protocol and are addressed to an unrecognised user, or no recognisable user.
Note - Messages sent locally or which are received from the Internet using SMTP always generate a bounce message, these settings only apply to messages downloaded using POP3.
The available options are:
1. Send an Error Message to Main Administrator
This causes VPOP3 to attach the incoming message to an error message which
is sent to the Main Administrator
2. Send the Incoming Message to Main Administrator
This causes VPOP3 to send the message, as it is, to the Main Administrator
3. Send an Error Msg to ...
This causes VPOP3 to attach the incoming message to an error message which
is sent to a specified user
4. Send an Incoming Msg to ...
This causes VPOP3 to send the message, as it is, to the a specified user
5. Treat as *REMOTE
This causes VPOP3 to treat any unrecognised user as if it is a Remote User.
This can be useful when you have multiple
sites.
NOTE you should NEVER have
this option set at ALL sites, otherwise badly addressed email will simply
disappear without a bounce message, or any error message anywhere.
This option is slightly different from the Send
local mail for unrecognised users to ISP option on the Local Mail page, because this option
will ignore incoming mail for unrecognised users, whereas that option
won't.
Send
a bounce message to the sender
This option can be used with any of the other options except for 'Treat as *REMOTE'
In this case, an incoming Internet message to an unrecognised user will
generate a bounce message which sent back to the originator stating that
the addressee was not recognised.. You can customise
the bounce message if you wish.
If you turn the Generate Connection Error Messages option off VPOP3 will not generate error messages generated during initial connection to the ISP's email servers. VPOP3 will still generate error messages generated during the connection (eg dropped connections, protocol errors or server failures). Most people should leave this option turned on, however, if you are expecting to receive lots of connection error messages (for instance if your LAN or RAS connection is temporary), then you may wish to turn it off. (All error messages go to the 'Main Administrator' mailbox).
The Send All TCP/IP Error Messages to Administrator tells VPOP3 to send all TCP/IP related messages which occur during the sending of a message to the Main Administrator rather than to the person whose message the error interrupted.
If you turn the Generate RAS Error Messages option off, VPOP3 will not generate any error messages about dial-up networking problems. Normally, VPOP3 will send the Main Administrator an error message after four consecutive failed attempts to connect to the Internet. (this doesn't count Retries specified on the Connection page, so if you have told VPOP3 to retry 3 times, an error will be generated after 12 dial attempts (4 times, 3 retries each time)). VPOP3 won't send any further error messages until it has either managed to connect successfully, or until the next day.
The Encrypt Local Data Files option tells VPOP3 to encrypt local data storage files such as message files. VPOP3 uses a light encryption method which is only intended to stop casual viewing of messages. If you need more security than this we suggest that you either install VPOP3 on a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 server with access controls on the VPOP3 directory, and/or you physically restrict access to the VPOP3 server.
The 'Message Security Options' let you tell VPOP3 not to allow administrators access to users' messages. If you turn on the Set Message Security option you will be prompted to enter a password. This password will be needed before you can disable Set Message Security in the future, and before you can use features such as the VPOP3 Queue browser, setting assistants, mappings, monitoring options etc. We do not guarantee that setting this option will prevent an administrator access all features which may allow them to view other peoples messages, but it prevents them using the most common ways of doing this. Note also that if someone is determined they may be able to disable the Message Security facility without knowing the password, but it does make it more difficult to do so.
If you need to temporarily access any of the functions disabled by the Set Message Security function, you can press the Access Message Settings button. You will be prompted to enter the message security password. The message functions will then be enabled either until you press the Access Message Settings button again, or close the VPOP3 settings window.
You will be asked to enter a password which can be used for changing these settings. Make sure that this password is kept in a safe place as you may have to reinstall VPOP3 if you forget it.
