FreePOPs tutorial
Norton AntiVirus, version 2002 and up
BitDefender
It is necessary to have FreePOPs listen on port 110 by means of the
-p option and then set your email client so that it receives
mail on port 110.
To change FreePOPs options, read the
FAQ "How do I change FreePOPs command line parameters?"
question.
Avast! Antivirus
In your email client, change the username like this:
email@address#localhost:2000
Inside the email client options, set the POP3 server port number to 110,
instead of what explained in the previous tutorials.
AVG Pro 7 Antivirus
In your email client, modify the POP3 port number to 5300, leave
unmodified the username and server (email@address and
localhost).
In AVG, enter "Properties > Servers > Create a POP3 mail server
(server type)", in connection set Fixed host: 127.0.0.1:2000 and Local
port: 5300
SpamHilator
Configure your email client with the following parameters:
POP3 server (incoming mail): localhost
POP3 server port: 110
Username: localhost&email@address&2000
Mailshield Desktop
In Mailshield Desktop, choose "Edit mail account", choosing the account
you want to modify. In "Account name" and "Email address" type your
complete email address.
Then choose "Access", in "type of Email server" use "POP3 mail account",
while in "incoming mail server" type 127.0.0.1.
It may be useful to select the option "Use relaxed timeouts with this
email server".
K9
Set up your email client to use 9999 as POP3 server port.
Leave localhost as server name.
Then use localhost/2000/email@address as username
SpamTerminator
Configure your email client with the following parameters:
POP3 server (incoming mail): localhost
POP3 server port: 8110
Username: email@address#localhost
Then start FreePOPs with the option -p 110.
SpamPal
Configure your email client with the following parameters:
POP3 server (incoming mail): localhost
POP3 server port: 110
Username: email@address@localhost:2000
POPFile
Configure your email client with the following parameters:
POP3 server (incoming mail): localhost
POP3 port: 110 (or whatever POPFile is configured to listen to)
Username: localhost:2000:email@address
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