POP3 & IMAP Authentication Methods

[TNGPicard]

Howdy All -

Ok - if things go well, I'm switching my remaining users and all my remote acess to Exchange 2007 in the morning!

Working on my POP3 and IMAP4 configuration. On Aughentication type I realize the default is Secure Logon. My question(s) are:

- Do I need any special type of SSL certificate for a TLS connection or is the SSL cert that I load for OWA going to work.....or am I missing something here? The server name for "web mail" and POP & IMAP is is all the same for me.

- While my goal is to eventually use push technology and/or BB Enterprise Server, for now we're sticking to POP3 and IMAP4. Do Windows Mobile Devices, Palm Based Devices and RIM's "Pop your e-mail" interface through the carriers support the "secure logon" methodology.

- If I can't have my mobile devices use secure logon, do i want to use Integrated Windows Auth or Basic Authentication?


Mark / TNGPicard

 

[ShackDaddy]

You are going to want to check the Get-exchangecertificate cmdlet and make sure that IMAP and POP are among the services that have been enabled for your primary (public) certificate.

If they aren't, you'll use the enable-exchangecertificate -thumbprint [thumbprint] -services "IMAP,POP" command to make sure that both services are active on that cert.

The default port for secure POP is going to be 587. For IMAP it's going to be 993. I believe the carriers should support that.

Use Basic Auth.

Dave Shackelford
Shackelford Consulting