Configuring the Post Office Protocol server

You need to configure the Post Office Protocol (POP) server before you use it to deliver mails to POP clients.

When requested by the POP client, the POP server delivers mail to a POP client from the user's mailbox. You must configure the POP server to completely prepare your system for e-mail.

To configure the POP server for a mail program, such as Netscape Mail or Eudora Pro, complete the following steps:

  1. In IBM® Navigator for i, expand Network > Servers > TCP/IP Servers.
  2. Right-click the POP and select Properties.
  3. Refer to the following table to set the field values.
    Click this tab Then perform the following action
    General Select Start when TCP/IP is started.
    General If you want to allow both TLS/SSL and nonsecure POP sessions, select Both secure and nonsecure for the field Socket layer support to be started with server.
    Configuration Select No maximum for the Message split size field.
    Configuration If POP clients are logging on through dialup lines and receiving large pieces of mail, increase the Inactivity timeout value.
    Mappings Select Use only when unsupported CCSID is indicated.
  4. Click OK to accept the changes.