Sun™ ONE Messaging Server: Practices and Techniques for Enterprise Customers

Single Sign On

One change that most customers make initially is to enable single sign on between the Messenger Express (web mail) and the Delegated Administrator function. The out-of-the-box functionality is that the Delegated Administrator link from the Options Tab in web mail pops up a separate window with the login box. Configuring the messaging server for SSO still pops up a separate window, but bypasses the login screen because the server knows who the user is and that the user has been properly authenticated. The SSO is achieved by using cookies and session IDs generated by the Messaging Server or other application such as Delegated Administrator or even the Calendar Server.

▾ Enabling Single Sign ON

The following steps are required when ...