amenex Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 While in transition from one ISP host to another, I'll be wanting to POP emails down to my SpamCop.net account in order to cleanse them of spam with your fine service. However, I need several more lines in the table listing my POP3 servers in order to cover all the email accounts that I am passing through the SpamCop.net server. That table is here: https://webmail.spamcop.net/horde/imp/spamcop/popconfig.php Is there a limit on the number of these POP3 servers, or is it a simple matter to add a few lines to that table ? Thanks, George Langford amenex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 More stuff for the FAQ / Wiki .. I don't recall this being defined, other then the total available lines ... My guess is that the data would probably feed into other places, some database tables, etc. However, as I don't know, I've asked those that do ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Is there a reason you would not forward your email to spamcop? It is more efficient in the time it takes for messages to get to you and spreads out the processing among all servers receiving emails. Pop only happens a few times an hour and requires primarily the processing of spamcops POP server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenex Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Is there a reason you would not forward your email to spamcop? It is more efficient in the time it takes for messages to get to you and spreads out the processing among all servers receiving emails. Pop only happens a few times an hour and requires primarily the processing of spamcops POP server. Forwarding does the trick - this user resists using new features of S/W because of the often bewildering ambiguity of it all. Indefinite antecedents and all that. My new ISP's CPanel made the process of "adding a forwarder" childishly simple once I bit the bullet and ventured forth. "Forward your email to a destination of your choice" would have been far clearer. All it means is telling CPanel my SpamCop email address. Thanks ! George Langford amenex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turetzsr Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Forwarding does the trick <snip> Hi, George, ...Thanks for returning here to let us know the good news. ...Based on your latest post, above, I am marking this Forum thread as "Resolved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 On the other hand, I've never heard back from anyone about just what the limit is .. though the assumption that it's the amount of lines offered seems to be the logical choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenex Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hi, George, ...Thanks for returning here to let us know the good news. ...Based on your latest post, above, I am marking this Forum thread as "Resolved." Not all is at it seems. The spam comes in so frequently now that I have trouble getting it all reported before downloading to my PC's. In order to back up my emails, I have resorted to downloading twice, once to each of two PC's. It's very hard to synchronize, as new messages come in while I'm downloading to the first PC (leaving the emails on the SpamCop server) and I have to check again after downloading the first batch before downloading (and emptying the SpamCop server) to the 2nd PC. Inevitably, a few emails are missed on the 1st PC, whose backup role is thereby somewhat compromised. I also end up with a few spams that sneak by in the interim. All this would be avoided if SpamCop could just devote a few bits of coding for some extra lines in that table. Remember, hard disk storage has gotten dramatically cheaper. My ISP originally let me use 1.5 GB of disk storage ... which got upgraded to 3 GB silently ... and which now stands at 600 GB for the same price per month as I originally paid for 1/400th as much space. On that basis, how much bandwidth is devoted to those bits of coding ? amenex George Langford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 So your backup was depending on the delay introduced by using POP to collect your email? The issue was always there, just more pronounced now. You could have been downloading just when the POP program was running and the same thing would have happened. How about downloading email to a single PC and backing that up to the alternate PC? Every email application I know of can export messages. The change is more than a few bits. More importantly, it is time to actually do the work, test that it works properly and does not break the existing system. The webmail system is only a small part of what JT (and I assume Trevor) are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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