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Q273913: XCLN: Maintaining Calendar Functionality for IMAP4/POP3 Clients

Article: Q273913
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to configure Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and
Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) client computers to connect to an
Outlook Web Access server so that they have calendar functionality.

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When you connect to Exchange Server 5.5 by using either a POP3 or IMAP4 client
computer, calendar-related messages, for example, meeting requests or
cancellation messages, are displayed in plain text and may not be added to your
calendar automatically.

You can configure Exchange Server to provide a URL to an Outlook Web Access (OWA)
server that you can use to view a text version of calendar-related mail. This
URL references an OWA server and the same calendar-related message that was
received. When you access this URL by using a POP3 or IMAP4 client, your browser
starts and you are connected to the OWA server. An HTML version of the same
calendar-related message and an HTML version of the user's calendar (from
Exchange Server) is then displayed. This process provides calendar functionality
to POP3 and IMAP4 clients.

NOTE: Before you configure this feature, you must configure the POP3 or IMAP4
connection first. You must also have access to an OWA server that is able to
access your mailbox.

To configure Exchange Server to provide a URL to an Outlook Web Access (OWA)
server:

1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program, right-click the
  site level Protocols container, and then click Properties.

2. Click the General tab, and type the name of your OWA sever.

NOTE: Type "<servername>" (without the quotation marks), not
"http://<servername>/<exchange>." (without the quotation marks)
If you need to change this setting after you have entered it, restart all
Exchange Server services, so that the setting can be updated faster. Also, if
any POP3 or IMAP4 users are logged on while you are configuring this property,
they must log off and the log on again after the change is made.

NOTE: If the OWA server is accessible on the Internet, the <servername> may
be entered as the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server, for example,
www.<webservername>.com.

When you set this property at the site level, it affects all users in the site.
If you do not want all users to be affected,, you can set this property for
individual recipients. To do this, right-click the user, click Properties, and
then click the Advanced tab.

When you have completed this procedure, when you send any meeting-related
messages or custom forms, a URL to the OWA server is included in the message.

Additional query words: web forms

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Keywords          : exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :5.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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