Type (POX)

Last modified: March 16, 2009

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

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

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

Attributes and Elements

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

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Element	Description
Protocol (POX)	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.

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 (POX) element is set to email.
WEB	E-mail is accessed from a Web browser by using the URL that is specified in the Server (POX) element. This is only applicable when the AccountType (POX) element is set to email.

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 (POX) element is set to email.

WEB

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

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