Target Skills:

Ability to enable and disable IMAP4 (and similarly POP3) services.

 
 

More Info:

Configuring IMAP4 and POP3 with the Console (Admin Guide)

 
     

Exercise: Disable IMAP4 Services

Let's disable IMAP4 services on our server using the Console, and then verify that they are actually stopped by trying to telnet into the server.
 

Disable IMAP4 with the Console

Bring up the Messaging Server Console

1) Start Netscape Console, and open up the Messaging Server Console.

a) From a Unix shell with root privileges, 
# <server-root>startconsole
example: # /usr/netscape/server4/startconsole
b) When the console appears, enter your User ID and Password, and click OK (see it)
example: admin, admin
c) Click on the + box next to your machine name (see it)
d) Click on the + box next to Server Group (see it)
e) Double click on the Messaging Server (see it)


Shut Down IMAP4 Services

2) Open up Configuration, Services.

a) Click on the "Configuration" tab (see it)
b) Click on + box next to "Services" in the left pane (if not open already) (see it)
3) Shut down IMAP4 services.
a) Click on "Services" in the left pane (see it)
b) Click to highlight IMAP in the right pane (see it)
c) Click on "Stop" (see it)
d) Wait for the "Service stopped successfully" message, and click OK. (see it)


Go to Configuration Tab/Services/IMAP/System Tab, and Disable IMAP4 Services

4) Disable IMAP4 services.

a) Click on IMAP in the left pane (see it)
b) From the "System" tab, uncheck the box next to "Enable IMAP service at port" (see it)
c) Click on Save

Verify IMAP4 Services Are Disabled

1) Try to telnet to the default IMAP4 port (143) of your messaging server.
From a Unix shell, type
# telnet <your_machine> 143
2) Your connection should be refused.

3) If you're skeptical about connecting this way, verify you can telnet to the default SMTP port (25) of your messaging server to make a connection.

From a Unix shell, type 
# telnet <your_machine> 25
Type "quit" to exit the session.


You're done with this exercise.  Click the arrow key at the top to move on.....

     

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