Re: Cannot change 'authentication type' for pop3 service.

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From: Ken Schaefer (kenREMOVE_at_THISadOpenStatic.com)
Date: 05/17/04

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    This is by design. The reason is because different auth mechanisms support
    different "numbers" of users. For encrypted file, you can create
    user@domain1.com and user@domain2.com, but you can not do that if you are
    using local windows accounts. With local windows accounts you can only
    create user@domain1.com -or- user@domain2.com because "user" is a Windows
    account, and you can't have two Windows accounts both called "user". So, you
    first need to delete all the domains (and users contained therein), then
    switch the Auth type.

    Cheers
    Ken

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    "Tom Jones" <tomjones16@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:%23D5Qti3OEHA.2636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    : I had to remove the domain defined *within* the pop3 service - then I
    could
    : change the value.
    :
    : Tom
    :
    : "Tom Jones" <tomjones16@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    : news:%23PKjLg3OEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
    : > I am running Windows 2003 Server with IIS 6.0. I have just added the
    : 'mail
    : > server' role to this machine. If I run p3server.msc to configure the
    : > service the authentication type is set to 'encrypted password file' and
    it
    : > is grayed out. I wanted to change it to 'local windows accounts'.
    : >
    : > This machine is not part of a domain/active directory/etc.
    : >
    : > Does anyone know how I can change this setting?
    : >
    : > Thank you,
    : > Tom
    : >
    : >
    :
    :

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