Re: Removing SPA from POP3 service of Windows 2003 Server

From: Ken Schaefer (kenREMOVE_at_THISadOpenStatic.com)
Date: 04/16/05 

Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:58:10 +1000

Hi,

If you wish to change the authentication type from "Local Accounts" to
"Encrypted Password File" you will need to delete the existing domains, and
start over.

However, to remove the SPA requirement shouldn't require that. "Require SPA"
is a checkbox that you can uncheck on the server. Open the POP3 MMC,
right-click on the server and bring up the properties. uncheck "Require
Secure Password Authentication". SPA affects the way that the client
(Outlook) sends the username/password to the server (basically it uses NTLM
authentication rather than sending usernames/passwords in the clear).

I think what you need to do is configure your Outlook accounts, and tell
Outlook that you want to use a different username/password for each account.

Cheers
Ken 

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"Mike Schinkel" <mikeschinkel@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ODZjNrkQFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: I'm trying to use Outlook 2003 to access both my mailbox and the 
postmaster
: mailbox and I think SPA is keeping me from doing it.
:
: I have two Windows 2003 Servers I set up to play with and a local domain
: (let's call it "myhome.com").
: On the other server I have POP3 running with two mailboxes (let's call it
: me@myhome.com and webmaster@myhome.com)
:
: I can configure two email accounts in Outlook 2003, one for each, they 
both
: "test" in the configuration applet with no problem.  However, when I try 
to
: download email I only get the email for me@myhome.com (I'm logged in as
: "myhome\me").  If I login as myhome\webmaster, I can download the 
webmaster
: email.  So it would seem SPA is keeping me from accessing both accounts.
:
: Reading TechNet it says once you have a domain set up you can't change the
: authentication type!!!
: 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/78efe4b5-cb59-445b-89d0-53037dd65ecb.mspx
:
: I'm afraid to delete the domains for fear I won't be able to get them
: working again for me@myhome.com without rebuilding my systems, which is 
just
: beyond the pale.
:
: Is there any way to switch back to Encrypted Password File Authentication
: w/o deleting the domains?  If I delete the domains, can I simply add them
: back after the change without loosing anything?  And where would I delete
: the domains?  IIS, DNS, or somewhere else?
:
: Better yet, is there another way using Win2k3 POP3 service to get email to
: my outlook from both me@myhome.com and webmaster@myhome.com?  TIA.
:
: -Mike
: P.S. Please cc mikes@33ponce.org if you reply.
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