Changing the POP lock value A POP lock time out occurs when a user is disconnected, default settings for a POP lock time out is 600 seconds or 10 minutes.

Registry Implementations

To change the POP lock settings, the registry must be accessed.
. WARNING!!
Incorrectly editing the registry can damage the server, please be sure you know what you are doing

1. Click on the start button
2. Select the run option
3. Type regedit, the registry editor will open
4. Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key
5. Select the SYSTEM
6. Select CurrentControlSet
7. Select Services
8. Select POP3A
9. Select Parameters
10. Right click on the right pane and select NEW
11. Select DWORD Value
12. Right click on the new entry and select RENAME
13. Rename the entry to Timeout
14. Double click on the new entry Timeout
15. Select decimal
16. Enter a value in seconds, this parameter is an inactivity autologout timeout in seconds, for example 300 for a 5 minutes timeout
17. Close the Registry editor

SQL Connector Implementations

Open your MailSite database and enter this new row in the 'MailServerProperties' table.

• ServiceName = POP3A
• PropertyName = Timeout
• ServerRoleId = 0
• PropType = 4
• PropIntValue = 300 (which will be 5 minutes)
• PropStringValue = NULL

Restart all the services for this change to be recognised.