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How to Enable or Disable POP3 for a Mailbox User

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell to enable or disable Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 mailbox user.

Before You Begin

To perform this procedure, the account you use must be delegated the following:

  • Exchange Recipient Administrator role

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

Procedure

Exchange 2007 SP1

To use the Exchange Management Console to enable or disable POP3 for a mailbox user

  1. Start the Exchange Management Console.

  2. In the console tree, expand Recipient Configuration, and then click Mailbox.

  3. In the result pane, select the mailbox user for whom you want to enable or disable POP3.

  4. In the action pane, under the name of the mailbox user, click Properties.

  5. In <Mailbox User> Properties, on the Mailbox Features tab, click POP3, and then click either Enable or Disable.

  6. Click OK.

To use the Exchange Management Shell to enable or disable POP3 for a mailbox user

  • To enable POP3 for the user named John Smith, run the following command.

    Set-CASMailbox -Identity "John Smith" -POPEnabled $true
    
  • To disable POP3 for the user named John Smith, run the following command.

    Set-CASMailbox -Identity "John Smith" -POPEnabled $false
    

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CASMailbox.

Exchange 2007 RTM

Note

In the release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Exchange 2007, you can enable or disable POP3 for a mailbox only by using the Set-CASMailbox cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell.

To use the Exchange Management Shell to enable or disable POP3 for a mailbox user

  • To enable POP3 for the user named John Smith, run the following command.

    Set-CASMailbox -Identity "John Smith" -POPEnabled $true
    
  • To disable POP3 for the user named John Smith, run the following command.

    Set-CASMailbox -Identity "John Smith" -POPEnabled $false
    

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CASMailbox (RTM).

For More Information

For more information about managing user mailboxes, see Managing User Mailboxes.

For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.