Type

Topic Last Modified: 2007-09-25

The Type element identifies the type of the configured mail account.

Schema Hierarchy

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  Response
    Account
      Protocol
        Type

Syntax

<Type>WEB or EXCH or EXPR</Type>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description

Protocol

Contains the specifications for connecting a client to the computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Text Value

The text value represents the type of mail account. The following table lists the possible values.

Value Description

EXCH

The protocol that is used to connect to the server is Exchange RPC.

EXPR

The protocol that is used to connect to the server is Exchange RPC over HTTP, using an RPC proxy server.

This is only applicable when the AccountType element is set to email.

WEB

E-mail is accessed from a Web browser by using the URL that is specified in the Server element.

This is only applicable when the AccountType element is set to email.

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