XADM: Using Directory Import to Modify the Internet Protocol Settings for Each Mailbox (236983)

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NOTE: The § symbol is the ALT+0167 ASCII character.

To use directory export and import to enable or disable all of the mailboxes from using HTTP:

1. Perform a directory export, and then add the following heading (column) to the .csv file that you created:

   Protocol-Settings

2. Populate this column with one of the following settings to either turn on the HTTP protocol for the mailboxes or turn off the HTTP protocol for the mailboxes, as applicable:
   • HTTP on:

     HTTP§1§1§§§§§§%IMAP4§1§1§1§ISO-8859-1§0§1§1§0%LDAP§1§1§§§§§§%NNTP§1§1§3§§§§§%POP3§1§1§1§ISO-8859-1§0§§§

   • HTTP off:

     HTTP§0§1§§§§§§%IMAP4§1§1§1§ISO-8859-1§0§1§1§0%LDAP§1§1§§§§§§%NNTP§1§1§3§§§§§%POP3§1§1§1§ISO-8859-1§0§§§

3. Save the .csv file. Make sure that you do not change the format to an .xls file format.
4. Perform a directory import with the modified .csv file. Microsoft recommends that you remove all of the columns except the following columns from the .csv file before you import it:
   
   
   • Obj-Class
   • Alias Name
   • Directory Name
   • Home-Server
   • Obj-Container
   • Protocol-Settings
   When you click Directory Import on the Tools menu, make sure that you click Multivalued Properties Overwrite, instead of clicking Append, or the change to the .csv file is not made.

Each mailbox that is listed in the .csv file is modified according to the HTTP setting that you added to the .csv file.

You can also use this method to enable or disable Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4rev1 (IMAP4), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), and Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3).

The string is comprised of each protocol setting and the percent symbol (%) separating the protocols, as applicable: The number that follows the first § symbol disables or enables that protocol for the mailbox, as follows:

• 1=on
• 0=off

The number that follows the second § symbol disables or enables that protocol for the server.

For example, if you wanted to disable POP3 and leave all of the other protocols enabled, use the following entry in your .csv file under the Protocol-Settings heading: NOTE: If you disable NNTP, HTTP, POP3, and IMAP4 on the server, support for these protocols is also disabled for individual mailboxes or custom recipients. The protocol may be displayed as enabled on the Protocol tab of the mailbox properties even though the protocol is disabled on the server, but an error message is displayed when the user tries to use this protocol.

For example, if you disable HTTP on the server, the HTTP protocol is displayed as enabled on the user's mailbox. If this user attempts to open Outlook Web Access (OWA), the following error message is displayed: