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Table of contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Benefits
• 3. Requirements
• 4. Installation and deinstallation
• 4.1. Running without installation
• 5. Retrieving the password
• 5.1. Retrieving from "safe" programs
• 5.2. Retrieving from "unsafe" programs [this method works for "safe" also]
• 6. Safe email programs
• 6.1. How to determine if the program is safe
• 6.2. List of tested email programs
• 7. User interface
• 8. Specifications
• 9. How to buy / registration information

1. Introduction

Many email programs save account profiles that you can use to get mail messages without having to re-enter login and password values. If you saved such profile and can successfully receive messages, but forgot the password and need it, then it can be retrieved by Forgotten Mailbox Password.

The program emulates POP3 mail server and captures the password, which then (a) is sent back in the email message to the user and (b) displayed by Forgotten Mailbox Password. The program supports any POP3 mail account and any client email software which can store passwords, such as MS Outlook, MS Outlook Express, Netscape, Eudora, etc.

Note, the program can not recover the password that is not stored inside the email client software. It is useful in a situation when user entered and saved the password in the email client, but then forgot it. It may happen when user needs to setup new email program, to move to new PC, to give the password to a co-worker, etc.

2. Benefits

• Works with any POP3-compatible email program
• Password both returned in email message and displayed by the program
• Easy setup and use
• Risk-free trial
• Same interface as in Forgotten FTP Password

3. Requirements

Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP.

4. Installation and deinstallation

Extract the distribution file into the clean folder. Run "setup.exe" and follow the prompts. Please always extract ZIP file, including all internal subdirectories, prior to installation, do not run "setup.exe" from inside ZIP file.

Note users of Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP: you may need some administrative rights for the installation. If you can't install the software, ask your system administrator or log in under administrator account.

To uninstall the software, use Add/Remove Programs link from Control Panel, or Uninstall link in the program's group in the Start Menu.

4.1. Running without installation

Just rename "setup.exe" to "zfmp2.exe" and launch it. If you use the program without installation, then you don't have to uninstall it as well.

5. Retrieving the password

Before retrieving the password, first determine if your email program is "safe".

5.1. Retrieving from "safe" programs

• Go to the settings of the account profile in your email program.
• Copy and save the current address [host name] of the POP3 server somewhere.
• Change remote POP3 server address temporarily to "127.0.0.1" (quotes 
  should not be used).
• Save settings.
• Make sure that Forgotten Mailbox Password is "listening" (click Run button for that).
• With your email program receive messages for the account you have changed [connection actually will go to your computer, where FMP resides].
• The password will be displayed in Forgotten Mailbox Password and will be sent back in the email message to the user. 
• Set back the original address of POP3 mail server for the account.
• Save settings.

5.2. Retrieving from "unsafe" programs [this method works for "safe" also]

• Via the button in Forgotten Mailbox Password open HOSTS file. Add a new line to it like:

  127.0.0.1 your.mail.server.com

• This line is needed to make connection not to go to the actual POP3 mail server, but instead to your computer where Forgotten Mailbox Password resides.
• Save HOSTS file.
• Make sure that Forgotten Mailbox Password is "listening" (click Run button for that).
• With your email program receive messages for the account you need to recover the password for [connection actually will go to your computer, where FMP resides].
• The password will be displayed in Forgotten Mailbox Password and will be sent back in the email message to the user. 
• If your email program doesn't connect to Forgotten Mailbox Password on your computer, and still goes to the remote POP3 mail server, then you need to restart email client program or (if that doesn't help) restart your computer, so the new entry in the HOSTS file will take effect.
• When you get the password, remove that line from HOSTS file and save it.

6. Safe email programs

Safe email program is a program that does not reset saved password when you change the host address of the incoming POP3 mail server. 

If the program is safe, then you can safely change the POP3 mail server address to "127.0.0.1" in order to retrieve the password. When you get the password, then you can set the original host address back.

If the program is not safe, then you need to change the HOSTS file, so original POP3 mail server name will point to the local computer instead of the actual remote host. When you get the password, then you can remove that entry from hosts file.

6.1. How to determine if the program is safe

We have provided the list of tested programs, you can refer to it to see if your program is safe. If the list doesn't contain your program or the version is significantly different, then you you'd better suppose that your program is *not* safe.

6.2. List of tested email programs

All these programs were tested with Forgotten Mailbox Password. Some of them, such as Eudora and Opera, don't save passwords by default and assume that user enter a password for the account in every new session, however they allow to save passwords.

* This program doesn't seem to allow changing server address for the account at all.

** This program may leave the password under some conditions if you change the mail server address, but it is better to assume that it is not "safe".

If your program is not in this list, it doesn't mean that Forgotten Mailbox Password will not work with your program. It should work with any email program.

7. User interface

Run button is needed to allow incoming connections from email clients. If this button is switched off, then email clients can't connect to the program and it doesn't work as a POP3 mail server.

Stop accept button turns off Run button and stops any incoming connections from email clients. This button doesn't affect established connections.

Kill all current button turns off Run button just like Stop accept, and it also breaks all running POP3 sessions.

Hosts file button opens HOSTS file.

POP3 TCP port edit box specifies what TCP port the program will listen on.

Your password is edit box will contain your password obtained from connected email client program.

8. Specifications

• Multi-threaded POP3 server with the single message in the mailbox that contains the password.
• Default TCP port is 21.
• Connections from localhost (the same computer) are allowed only. External connections are prohibited.
• This product includes regular expressions library written by Henry Spencer.

9. How to buy / registration information

You can evaluate the program during 30 days. To use the full version of the program you need pay for it. To register your copy please visit our web site:

http://www.zzee.com/order/

Unregistered [evaluation] copy has the following limitations:

Also as a registered user you will get:

• Technical support
• Free upgrades [your registration will work for all future versions as well]
• No reminders that the copy is not registered

See license.txt file for legal information.