In article <4f9a62f83ctricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tricia Garner <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03 May, in article <4f99866b5aantispam@xxxxxxxxx>, > Frank de Bruijn <antispam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In article <4f9913f3b4tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > > Tricia Garner <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am trying to set up !AntiSpam and !POPstar on VirtualRPC for > > > Mac. Having set the Download file as > > > <POPstar$MailDir>.spool.mail.text.incoming - same as on the > > > Iyonix - downloading of messages appears to be as normal but > > > there is no file in the !POPstar mail directory. Should the > > > syntax be different in the case of VirtualRPC? > > Not that I'm aware of. > > > Any help gratefully received, > > Are all the settings *exactly* the same as on the Iyonix? > > Does the variable POPstar$MailDir exist? > > Do all the directories on the path you mentioned exist with the > > correct name? AntiSpam won't create them if they don't. It will > > (silently) revert to 'defer' if it cannot create the download file. > I changed the path to it's full length i.e. > HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Internet.!POPstar.MailDir.spool.mail.text.incoming > in case it needed HostFS defined, and messages were downloaded but > only one item appeared in the Summary Window. Anything useful in the logs? > I then couldn't persuade Pluto to debatch... That sounds like a known problem with Pluto. It stores the full path, so if that changes, you have to go to News/Mail preferences and select the Mail Transport again. > Has anyone here got AntiSpam, POPstar and Pluto working with VRPC? If > it can't be done I shall have to re-think the plan. I've asked on the > appropriate VRPC forum but no one has replied yet. I don't use that combination myself, but others do, so I know it *can* be done. Regards, Frank