Integrating With a POP Server

This section provides an overview of post office protocol (POP) configuration and prerequisites, and discusses how to extract .jar files.

The setup for POP mail is optional. It is required only when the portal administrator has designated a primary mail system that is POP-based or has set up additional email selections for the email pagelet. POP mail requires correct placement of third-party .jar files from the Sun website to the portal application server.

POP mail integration requires the following:

  • If you access POP mail on an internal mail server, that mail server must be POP-enabled.

  • If you access POP mail from an external mail system, the remote POP mail server to which you point must be POP-enabled.

    Also, users must set up their external mail accounts to POP forward.

This section discusses how to extract the following Sun .jar files into the <PS_CFG_HOME>\class Directory of the NT portal application server:

  • mail.jar

  • activation.jar

  • pop3.jar

Note: When you transfer .jar files, be sure to use binary transfers, not ASCII transfers. Also, you must install the required Java files in the proper directory for each portal application server.

Extracting mail.jar (JavaMail)

To download mail.jar:

  1. FTP download mail.jar (JavaMail) from http://www.javasoft.com/products/javamail/index.html.

  2. Extract the mail.jar file into the PS_CFG_HOME\class directory on each portal application server.

  3. Delete the javamail1_1_3.zip file.

Extracting activation.jar (JavaBeans Activation Framework)

To download activation.jar:

  1. FTP download activation.jar (JavaMail) from http://www.javasoft.com/products/javamail/index.html.

  2. Extract the activation.jar file into the PS_CFG_HOME\class directory on each portal application server.

  3. Delete the jaf1_0_1.zip file.

Extracting pop3.jar (POP3 Provider)

To download pop3.jar:

  1. FTP download pop3.jar (POP3 Provider) from http://www.javasoft.com/beans/glasgow/jaf.html.

  2. Extract the pop3.jar file into the PS_CFG_HOME\class directory on each portal application server.

  3. Delete the pop31_1_1.zip file.

Note: The Sun Microsystems website from which the drivers are downloaded is external to PeopleSoft, and its content and layout might change at any time. For assistance in locating files on the Sun Microsystems website, contact Sun Microsystems.