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09/18/2014

UsePOPAuth (POX)

Last modified: March 16, 2009

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

The UsePOPAuth element indicates whether the authentication information that is provided for a POP3 type of account is also used for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

AutoDiscover (POX)
  Response (POX)
    Account (POX)
      Protocol (POX)
        UsePOPAuth (POX)

<UsePOPAuth>on or off</UsePOPAuth>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Protocol (POX)	Contains the specifications for connecting a client to the computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Text Value

The text value indicates whether the authentication information that is provided for a POP3 type of account is also used for SMTP. The possible values are on and off.

Remarks

The UsePOPAuth element is only used when Type (POX) is SMTP.