Configuring POP3 Settings Parent topic

In addition to SMTP traffic, IMSS can scan POP3 messages at the gateway as your clients retrieve them.
Tip
Tip
To use the POP3 message filter, enable Accept POP3 connection from System Status screen. This option is not selected by default.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → IMSS Configuration → Connections.
    The Components tab displays by default.
  2. Click the POP3 tab.
  3. To configure a connection from unknown POP3 servers on the Internet, specify the port number IMSS uses for incoming POP3 connections under Generic POP3 Connection.
  4. To configure connections from specific POP3 servers, do the following:
    1. Click Add under Dedicated POP3 Connections.
      The Dedicated POP3 Connection window appears.
    2. Specify the port IMSS uses for incoming POP3 connections, the POP3 server IP address, and the POP3 server port number.
    3. Click OK.
    4. To modify an existing connection, click the connection name.
  5. Under Message Text, modify the message that IMSS sends to users if messages that they are trying to receive trigger a filter and are quarantined or deleted.
  6. Click Save.
    Note
    Note
    The incoming port on your scanners must be idle or the IMSS daemon might not function properly.
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