Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

You can use the EMC or the Shell to configure IMAP4 to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Note:
After you've configured IMAP4 to use TLS or SSL, you must restart the IMAP4 service. For information about how to restart the IMAP4 service, see Start and Stop the IMAP4 Service.

Looking for other management tasks related to setting up POP3 and IMAP4? Check out Managing POP3 and IMAP4.

Use the EMC to configure IMAP4 to use TLS or SSL

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "POP3 and IMAP4" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Server Configuration > Client Access.

  2. In the work pane, click the POP3 and IMAP4 tab.

  3. Select IMAP4 and then, in the action pane, under IMAP4, click Properties.

  4. On the IMAP4 Properties page, click the Authentication tab.

  5. In the box under X.509 certificate name, enter the name of the certificate.

  6. Click Apply, and then click OK to save your changes.

Use the Shell to configure IMAP4 to use TLS or SSL

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "POP3 and IMAP4" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

This example configures the IMAP4 service to use TLS or SSL.

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Set-ImapSettings -server Server01 -X509CertificateName CertificateName01

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-ImapSettings.

Other Tasks

After you configure IMAP4 to use TLS or SSL, you may also want to: