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| Author/Date | popoverhttp? |
| AnT 16/03/2004 5:28pm | What is "popoverhttp" (in the mail box type sub-menu)? |
| fReT 16/03/2004 6:37pm | It's a protocol for getting mail sent over http. You have to put a PHP script on the same machine as the POP server and then you connect to the script instead of the POP server. It's for when your stuck behind a HTTP proxy with no direct socket access. |
| AnT 17/03/2004 3:25am | Thanks. |
| Bob 23/03/2004 2:07am | Where could I get the PHP script to put on the pop server? |
| fReT 23/03/2004 6:14pm | Bob: here.
Ps: I think I've changed a few things in how it works since test8, so it won't work with that. You'll have to wait for test9 to use the script. |
| Bob 24/03/2004 5:16pm | Thank You for the PHP script!
How secure is this script? |
| fReT 24/03/2004 6:24pm | It's not secure at all at this stage. Anyone you read the mail with a webbrowser... so your really relying on "security through obscurity" because you don't tell anyone what the URL is.
I did warn you though... :{ I'm planning some better security in the future, just havn't got around to it in light of some more pressing bugs in Scribe that need fixing ASAP. |
| Bob 28/03/2004 8:39pm | In "Test9," How do I configur Scribe to use this PHP script?
Would this script, when uploaded to a different server, be able to access the POP server? |
| fReT 28/03/2004 8:51pm | Configuring:
- Open account settings - Set protocol to "PopOverHttp" - Put the URL of the script in the server field: http://www.website.com/PopOverHttp.php - The username and password fields are not used but set them anyway to stop Scribe asking about them. - Edit the script to contain your username, password and server details. The fields are at the top, it's easy to work out what to do. - Upload script to any PHP enabled site. If the POP server is on the same machine as the script use "localhost" for the server, otherwise "www.mailserver.com" or whatever, works as well. |
| Bob 28/03/2004 9:27pm | ThankYou for the configuration info!
Would this script work with any web-based email account? or Is it only for POP3 email accounts? |
| fReT 28/03/2004 9:36pm | No the script will ONLY work with POP accounts, hence the name "PopOverHttp", it basically just converts the POP protocol to HTTP requests and Scribe sorts it all out on the client side.
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| Bob 28/03/2004 10:47pm | the PHP script does not download!
After downloading, when I opened it in notepad, it says: Error: -ERR Username/Password Mismatch Error: POP3 Login Failed. I guess if you zip it up, it will download instead of running. |
| fReT 28/03/2004 10:58pm | I realised that as I was posting the last comment, but I was off to lunch then so I didn't do something about it straight away.
Thanks. |
| Bob 28/03/2004 11:18pm | ThankYou: now it downloads.
I looked at the script. It does not have a field for the SMTP server name. |
| fReT 28/03/2004 11:30pm | It doesn't do SMTP, just POP. Remember the name? |
| Bob 06/04/2004 4:49pm | I tried connecting from "Test9" to the php script that is in a directory that is not password-protected, and I got the following Log Entry:
HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 302 Found Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:36:33 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.28 (Unix) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a Location: ("*")/404.phtml Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Cache: MISS from ("the server") Connection: close The connection was not successfull! What am I doing wrong? Was any-one able to connect successfully? |
| fReT 06/04/2004 6:35pm | Try the URL in the browser first.
Then put that exact URL into Scribe's "server" field. |
| Bob 09/04/2004 1:19am | Matthew,
Please test this feature in your account, And if it works, Please drop me a note! |
| fReT 12/04/2004 8:05pm | Test in my account?
I run this all the time. And it still works. I'm not sure I get your drift... |
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