Re: cannot change default pop3 banner in

peterdabr <peterdabr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I belive that http://www.petri.co.il/change_the_pop3_banner.htm contains an
>"error"
>First of all the autor of that webpage suggests to perform following steps:
>
>"2.Click Edit, click New, and then click String Record.
> 3.Verify that the entry in the ID box is Other, and then type 41661
>(decimal) on the right side of the ID box."
>
>You can choose 'Other' when creating new String Record only with MetaEdit
>tool, not with Metabase Explorer. Current version of MetaEdit is 2.2 (latest
>version that I've found on micorosoft.com) and it only supports IIS up to 5.0
>(my server uses IIS 6.0 and Exchange 2003). Knowing that, I've decided to
>switch to Metabase Explorer, but unfortunately, when creating new String
>Record it doesn't allow you to choose 'Other' !That 'New Record' box in field
>'Record Name or Identifier' will only allow to choose between predefined
>values, preventing from choosing 'Other' and typing value 41661 as
>http://www.petri.co.il/change_the_pop3_banner.htm tells.
>
>Any suggestions how to work arround this problem? Is there a MetaEdit
>version that supports IIS 6.0?..... or am I missing something?
>Please respond 'cause that problem haunts me....

The IIS6 metabase is an xml file. You can use notepad (or anything
that will save the file in the format it's read in) to make any
changes you like to the file. :)

Put this into the '<IIsPop3Server Location="/LM/POP3SVC/1" . . . '
section of the file. Save the file[1]. There's no need to restart any
services.


<Custom
Name="POP3Banner"
ID="41661"
Value="Hi there, this is a POP3 server!"
Type="STRING"
UserType="IIS_MD_UT_SERVER"
Attributes="NO_ATTRIBUTES"
/>

[1] Check the "Enable Direct Metabase Edit" checkbox on the IIS root
before you begin.

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