[antispam-f] Re: AntiSpam, POPstar and VirtualRPC

  • From: Frank de Bruijn <antispam@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 07:44:25 +0200

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


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