{"id":39,"date":"2011-02-19T03:46:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T22:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:51:05","slug":"pop3-with-microsoft-online-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/pop3-with-microsoft-online-services\/","title":{"rendered":"POP3 with Microsoft Online Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using <strong>Microsoft Online Services<\/strong> and for any user if you want to enable <strong>POP3<\/strong> to access emails (for wxample in case they are using any mail client other than Microsoft Outlook) &#8211; you will find difficult to move. By default in <strong>Microsoft Online Services<\/strong> both in <strong>Exchange Online Standard<\/strong> and <strong>BPOS<\/strong> &#8211; the POP 3 is disabled.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-left-text counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/pop3-with-microsoft-online-services\/#How_to_enable_POP3_with_Microsoft_Online_Services_BPOS\" >How to enable POP3 with Microsoft Online Services \/ BPOS?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/pop3-with-microsoft-online-services\/#Enable_POP_using_Powershell\" >Enable POP using Powershell<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_enable_POP3_with_Microsoft_Online_Services_BPOS\"><\/span>How to enable POP3 with Microsoft Online Services \/ BPOS?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To enable you have to either raise a Service request with Microsoft or you can use Powershell to make the changes yourself. Using Powershell will require admin credentials. Here are some simple Powershell commands to enable the POP3 in Microsoft Online Services<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enable_POP_using_Powershell\"><\/span>Enable POP using Powershell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Get the admin credentials<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>$AdminCreds = Get-Credential<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>To enable POP 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Enable-MSOnlinePOPAccess -Identity [-Quite] -Credential<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Here replace the full email id of your user in place of .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>To disable POP 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Disable-MSOnlinePOPAccess -Identity [-Quite] -Credential<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>POP3 access was one of the common need which can now be addressed\u00c2\u00a0without\u00c2\u00a0contacting Microsoft Online Support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using Microsoft Online Services and for any user if you want to enable POP3 to access emails (for wxample in case they are using any mail client other than Microsoft Outlook) &#8211; you will find difficult to move. 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