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

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

You can use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell to configure POP3 to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Note:
After you've configured POP3 to use TLS or SSL, you must restart the POP3 service for your settings to take effect. For information about how to restart the POP3 service, see Start and Stop the POP3 Service.

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

Use the EMC to configure POP3 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 POP3 and then, in the action pane, under POP3, click Properties.

  4. On the POP3 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 POP3 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 POP3 service to use TLS or SSL security.

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Set-PopSettings -server Server01 -X509CertificateName CertificateName01

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

Other Tasks

After you configure POP3 to use TLS or SSL, you may also want to: