Set POP3 or IMAP4 settings for a user in Exchange Online
You use the Set-CASMailbox cmdlet to configure the PO3 and IMAP4 options for each user. The configuration options are described in the following table.
| Parameter | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
| PopForceICalForCalendarRetrievalOption ImapForceICalForCalendarRetrievalOption |
Sets the preferred format for meeting requests. By default, meeting requests appear as Outlook on the web (formerly known as Outlook Web App) links. You can change them to iCal format. |
$true: Meeting requests are all Outlook on the web links $false: Meeting requests are all iCal format |
| PopSuppressReadReceipt ImapSuppressReadReceipt |
Sets whether to send read receipts when a message is downloaded and again when it is opened or just when the message is opened By default, if a read receipt is requested, two read receipts are sent: one when a user downloads a message and another when the user opens the message. You can change it so that only one read receipt is sent: when the user opens the message. |
$false: POP3 or IMAP4 users are sent a read receipt each time a recipient downloads a message. Users are also sent a read receipt when the user opens the message. This is the default setting. $true: POP3 or IMAP4 users that use the send read receipt for messages I send option in their email client programs receive a read receipt only when the recipient opens the message. |
| PopMessagesRetrievalMimeFormat ImapMessagesRetrievalMimeFormat |
Sets the preferred format for received messages. The default is to use the best format based on the message. |
Use a numeral or a text value. 0 or TextOnly: Text only 1 or HtmlOnly: HTML 2 or HtmlAndTextAlternative: HTML and alternative text 3 or TextEnriched: Enriched text 4 or TextEnrichedAndTextAlternative: Enriched text and alternative text 5 or BestBodyFormat: Best body format. This is the default value. 6 or Tnef: Transport-Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF). Also known as rich text format, Outlook rich text format, or MAPI rich text format. |
| PopEnableExactRFC822Size ImapEnableExactRFC822Size |
Sets whether to calculate the exact size of messages. Changing this value is not recommended unless the default value causes problems for your email client. By default, the estimated message size, rather than the exact message size, is sent to the email client. |
$true: Use actual message size. $false: Use estimated message size. This is the default. |
For additional information related to POP3 and IMAP4, see POP3 and IMAP4.
What do you need to know before you begin?
Estimated time to finish each procedure: five minutes.
You can only use Exchange Online PowerShell to perform this procedure. To learn how to use Windows PowerShell to connect to Exchange Online, see Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "POP3 and IMAP4 settings" entry in the Feature permissions in Exchange Online topic.
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Use Exchange Online PowerShell to set the meeting request format for a POP3 or IMAP4 user
The following example sets all meeting requests in incoming mail to USER01 to iCal format for a POP3 user.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -PopUseProtocolDefaults $false -PopForceICalForCalendarRetrievalOption $true
The following example sets all meeting requests in incoming mail to USER01 to iCal format for an IMAP4 user.
Set-CASMailbox USER01-ImapUseProtocolDefaults $false -ImapForceICalForCalendarRetrievalOption $true
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you successfully set the meeting request format for a POP3 or an IMAP4 user, run the following command in Exchange Online PowerShell and verify that the values displayed are the values that you configured:
Get-CASMailbox USER01 | format-list *ForceIcal*,*UseProtocolDefaults
Use Exchange Online PowerShell to set the suppress read receipt option for a POP3 or IMAP4 user
The following example sets it up so that the POP3 sender receives a read receipt only when the message is opened.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -PopUseProtocolDefaults $false -PopSuppressReadReceipt $true
The following example sets it up so that the IMAP4 sender receives a read receipt only when the message is opened.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -ImapUseProtocolDefaults $false -ImapSuppressReadReceipt $true
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you successfully set the read receipt option for a POP3 or an IMAP4 user, run the following command in Exchange Online PowerShell and verify that the values displayed are the values that you configured:
Get-CASMailbox USER01 | format-list *SuppressReadReceipt,*UseProtocolDefaults
Use Exchange Online PowerShell to set the message retrieval format for a POP3 or IMAP4 user
The following example sets the message retrieval format to text only for POP3 access for USER01.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -PopUseProtocolDefaults $false -PopMessagesRetrievalMimeFormat TextOnly
The following example sets the message retrieval format to text only for IMAP4 access for USER01.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -ImapUseProtocolDefaults $false -ImapMessagesRetrievalMimeFormat TextOnly
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you successfully set the message retrieval format for a POP3 or an IMAP4 user, run the following command in Exchange Online PowerShell and verify that the values displayed are the values that you configured:
Get-CASMailbox USER01 | format-list *MessagesRetrievalMimeFormat,*UseProtocolDefaults
Use Exchange Online PowerShell to set the message size calculation for a POP3 or IMAP4 user
This example calculates the exact size of POP messages for USER01.
Important
Set the PopEnableExactRFC822Size parameter to $true only if the POP client doesn't work for this user.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -PopUseProtocolDefaults $false -PopEnableExactRFC822Size $true
This example calculates the exact size of IMAP messages for USER01.
Important
Set the ImapEnableExactRFC822Size parameter to $true only if the IMAP client doesn't work for this user.
Set-CASMailbox USER01 -ImapUseProtocolDefaults $false -ImapEnableExactRFC822Size $true
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you successfully set the message size calculation for a POP3 or IMAP4 user, run the following command in Exchange Online PowerShell and verify that the values displayed are the values that you configured::
Get-CASMailbox USER01 | format-list *EnableExact*,*UseProtocolDefaults
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