Specifying the default IMAP service greetings

In the Server document, you can configure the ports that IMAP clients can use to connect to the IMAP service. IMAP clients can connect over a TCP/IP port or an SSL port. If you have SSL set up on the server, you can configure the TCP/IP port so that it redirects connections to the SSL port.

About this task

When a client connects, the IMAP service responds by sending the client the greeting that is associated with the port the client uses to connect. In the Configuration Settings document, you can customize the greetings that the IMAP service returns to clients connecting over each port.

The IMAP service checks for new settings at the specified update configuration interval. If you change the greeting text, sessions that begin after the new configuration takes effect will receive the updated greeting.

Note: To configure IMAP service greetings on Domino® release 5 and earlier, use the settings IMAPGreeting, IMAPRedirectSSLGreeting, and IMAPSSLGreeting in the NOTES.INI file.

Procedure

  1. Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document for the server(s) to be configured.
  2. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
  3. Click Configurations.
  4. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.
  5. Click the IMAP > Advanced tab.
  6. In the Greeting section, enter the text for the IMAP service to display to connecting clients and then click Save & Close:
    Table 1. IMAP service greeting options

    Field

    Enter

    Default

    IMAP server greeting

    The greeting the IMAP service sends to clients connecting over TCP/IP.

    By default, the service sends a greeting that includes the server name, Domino® release number, and the current date and time.

    For example:

    *OK Domino IMAP4 Server Release # ready Wed, 17 April 2009 17:57:13 -0400

    IMAP SSL greeting

    The greeting the IMAP service sends to clients connecting over SSL.

    By default the service sends a greeting that includes the server name, Notes® release number, and the current date and time.

    For example:

    *OK Domino IMAP4 Server Release # ready Wed, 17 April 2009 17:57:13 -0400

    IMAP SSL redirect greeting

    The greeting the IMAP service sends to clients when the TCP/IP port is configured to redirect connections to SSL.

    By default, the service sends the following greeting:

    *IMAP Server configured for SSL Connections only. Please reconnect using the SSL Port portnumber

    Where portnumber is the number of the configured SSL port.