pop3/imap settings

[ep1p]

Hi,
I left the pop3 / imap settings blank in the setup as it said you could configure these later. Where exactly do you configure them though? Surely they should be on the "mail" configuration page, however there is only "Mail Routing" and "Outgoing Mail" sections on there.

Am I missing something blatantly obvious here?!

Cheers,

john

[jstanden]

Hey John!

You can find the POP3 configuration area in:
Configuration->Scheduler->POP3

I'll make that more clear in the docs somewhere.

Thanks!

[ep1p]

Aha! Thanks.

Could I suggest putting it within mail section? This seems the most logical place for it (incoming mail and outgoing mail go hand-in-hand really) and also tallies with where the installer says it'll be..

Cheers,

john

[jstanden]

Hi John,

The scheduler is what checks POP3 mailboxes, does parsing and maintenance. Those actions are just scheduler plugins, which is why they're grouped together.

POP3 isn't required, it's just one form of pulling mail into Cerb4. You could use anything that puts raw mail files in /cerb4/storage/mail/new (such as a piping script, or a specialized POP3 downloader like fetchmail or retchmail).

I feel it would be more confusing if you split up the time-based functionality. This is likely only something that's confusing the first time, and because the documentation doesn't make it clear.

Thanks!

[darren]

This was also confusing for me. Thanks for clearing that up.

Can I suggest a small note (with a link) at the bottom of the mail configuration page explaining that POP is just one method which is setup via scheduler?

[Hildy]

Can I suggest a small note (with a link) at the bottom of the mail configuration page explaining that POP is just one method which is setup via scheduler?
Darren, that sounds like a perfect fit for the Assist Mode tour. I'll add a note to explain that to the ticket. http://www.wgmdev.com/jira/browse/CHD-330