topic IMAPS in Alfresco Archive

IMAPS

dozyarmadillo — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:20:46 GMT

I've been able to setup IMAP however I'm struggling to get IMAPS setup (i.e. IMAP with SSL). Outlook complains that it cannot connect to the server.Here's the config that I'm using:imap.server.enabled=trueimap.server.host=myserver.mydomain.com# note - we don't want to enable unencrypted IMAP access!

Re: IMAPS

benlawrence — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:27:05 GMT

I tried and failed using the conventional way…

Re: IMAPS

alexisk — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:53:45 GMT

As the two post before, I configured alfresco for use IMAPS. It start correctly, and I have nothing in log that show IMAPS don't work. But Outlook don't synchronise the folder.
I try with IMAP and it's work correctly. Anyone have a solution for this ?

Re: IMAPS

dbiggins — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:55:20 GMT

Francesco Corti had a good writeup on this that helped me out a lot:

http://fcorti.com/2013/06/06/how-to-activate-imaps-the-secure-imap-support-on-alfresco/

As long as there is a free port (1993, 2993, whatever), Alfresco will start IMAPS with no complaint. But the subsystem running is one thing: being able to connect is another.

I assume that you also have the ability to see your server on whatever the imaps port. I also assume that you set up your imaps config on your client to use that imaps server and port.

In order for your client (in my case, outlook) to know that it can trust the imaps connection, a trusted cert, self signed or purchased, needs to be available via a keystore when the imaps connection is made. This article mentions how to set it up in the setup script of the app server.
I have this working for 4.2.x and 5.
Good luck all!