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Managing IMAP emails

This section describes how to set the options for emails sent using IMAP.
  1. Open the Admin Console, and then click Email (IMAP).
  2. On the Email (IMAP) page, click Edit.

    You see the Edit: Email (IMAP) page.

  3. Set the IMAP properties:

    The IMAP properties let you configure the IMAP Home space, which is used to store user mailboxes.

    Global property Description
    Enabled Enables or disables the IMAP subsystem.
    Mail from Default This is the default email address that is displayed if you are using an email client to view a document that does not have a "From" address.
    Mail to Default This is the default email address that is displayed if you are using an email client to view a document that does not have a "To" address.
    Extraction Enabled If an incoming email has an attachment, should it be extracted and stored in the repository as a separate document.
    Host This sets the host name of your IMAP server. Replace this value with the IP address (or corresponding DNS address) of your external IP interface. A value of 0.0.0.0 in Unix will make it listen on the specified port on all IP interfaces.
    Port This is the port number, for example 143.
  4. To activate IMAP emails, select the Enabled checkbox.
  5. Click Save to apply the changes you have made to the properties.

    If you do not want to save the changes, click Cancel.