5.5 To Configure POP Services

You can perform basic configuration of the Messaging Server POP service by using the configutil command. Some of the more common POP services options are given in this section. A complete listing can be found in the configutil Parameters in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Reference.

For the POP service, password-based login is automatically enabled.

For more information, see also:

• 5.1.1 Enabling and Disabling Services

• To Set the Login Separator for POP Clients

• 5.1.2 Specifying Port Numbers

• 5.3.2 Number of Connections per Process

• 5.3.4 Dropping Idle Connections

• 5.3.3 Number of Threads per Process

• 5.3.1 Number of Processes

To enable or disable the POP service:

configutil -o service.pop.enable -v [ yes | no ]

To specify the port number:

configutil -o service.pop.port -v number

To set the maximum number of network connections per process (see 5.3.2 Number of Connections per Process for details):

configutil -o service.pop.maxsessions -v number

To set the maximum idle time for connections (see 5.3.4 Dropping Idle Connections for details):

configutil -o service.pop.idletimeout -v number

To set the maximum number of threads per process (see 5.3.3 Number of Threads per Process for more information):

configutil -o service.pop.maxthreads -v number

To set the maximum number of processes (see 5.3.1 Number of Processes for additional information):

configutil -o service.pop.numprocesses -v number

To enable POP over SSL:

configutil -o service.pop.enablesslport -v 1
configutil -o service.pop.sslport -v 995

TLS is also supported if SSL is configured correctly.

To specify a protocol welcome banner:

configutil -o service.pop.banner -v banner