This section describes using the web-based POP and IMAP mailbox servers configuration utility, which can be used to configure mailbox servers for a PMDF-MTA system. A command line variant, pmdf configure mailbox_servers, is also available for sites for whom web configuration is not convenient. The web-based configuration utility can be used to generate an initial mailbox server's configuration, or it can be used to generate a new mailbox server's configuration of an existing PMDF installation. The web-based configuration utility can be used to generate an initial mailbox servers configuration, or it can be used to generate a new mailbox servers configuration of an existing PMDF installation.

Using Netscape (version 3.0 or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4.0 or later), with JavaScript enabled, connect to

http://localhost:7633/

where localhost is the TCP/IP name of your PMDF system---you should see a page such as shown in Figure 5-3---and then select the Configuration link at this point you should see a page such as shown in Figure 5-4.

If your last use of the web-based PMDF configuration utility was to configure PMDF-MTA and your PMDF-MTA configuration has not been manually modified since then, you can load your prior PMDF-MTA configuration session before beginning your mailbox servers configuration; or if you want to redo your PMDF-MTA configuration, you can start by doing so now; either will minimize the number of checklist tasks you will later need to perform. Otherwise, you can configure just the mailbox servers during this configuration sessions (and then perform checklist tasks to integrate your mailbox server configuration into your main PMDF-MTA configuration).

Click on the Configure button for IMAP/POP Servers to begin the configuration.