Exchange 2007 Standard - No POP connector?

m4cc45 · 14 Jul 2007 at 15:59

As topic really.

Just wondered if there was a way to get it to log onto the catch all account and download the e-mail?

Or do I have to use a third party piece of software? Any recommendations?

M.

zetec452 · 14 Jul 2007 at 16:14

Use SMTP mail delivery.

m4cc45 · 14 Jul 2007 at 17:15

SMTP is to send e-mail.

I'm on about getting the e-mail into Exchange. It's currently sitting on a POP server so I need a POP connector.

M.

optimus · 14 Jul 2007 at 18:26

Exchange 2007 still supports pop, you just have to do it through the exchange management shell, not the console.

Powershells taken over exchange management, and there is stuff you can do in that than through the gui.

Dappy · 14 Jul 2007 at 18:29

m4cc45 said:
SMTP is to send e-mail.

I'm on about getting the e-mail into Exchange. It's currently sitting on a POP server so I need a POP connector.

M.

SMTP can also receive email. There are many Exchange setups using SMTP to receive mail out there. Your POP3 provider may be able to push the mail to your server via SMTP or you can receive it directly if you have your own domain name by setting the MX records to point to your server. You'll need static IPs if you wanted to do this.

m4cc45 · 14 Jul 2007 at 19:22

We do have statics so that's not a problem.

We also have a domain name (and the mx record is currently pointing to the mail server of our ISP which you would expect).

Is there any port forwarding we need to do on the firewall? Is it simply enough that I change the MX records from our ISP's to the external IP of the exchange server?

M.

Edit: What would happen if the mail server was unavailable? (i.e. internet down / etc.) I'm guessing it would depend on the senders email server to try and send again?

m4cc45 · 14 Jul 2007 at 19:26

optimus said:
Exchange 2007 still supports pop, you just have to do it through the exchange management shell, not the console.

Powershells taken over exchange management, and there is stuff you can do in that than through the gui.

I have PowerShell as that is a pre-req to install Exchange - and I'm using the Exchange manager. I can't, for the life of me, find it though. Can you be specific where I configure it?

Cheers,

M.

Dappy · 14 Jul 2007 at 20:14

m4cc45 said:
We do have statics so that's not a problem.

We also have a domain name (and the mx record is currently pointing to the mail server of our ISP which you would expect).

Is there any port forwarding we need to do on the firewall? Is it simply enough that I change the MX records from our ISP's to the external IP of the exchange server?

M.

Edit: What would happen if the mail server was unavailable? (i.e. internet down / etc.) I'm guessing it would depend on the senders email server to try and send again?

You would need to forward port 25 to your server.

You can configure multiple mx records in order or priority. So if your server is down, the senders mail server will deliver the mail to the next mx record configured in your domain's name server and held there until your server comes back online and then attempt a re-delivery to your server.

Caged · 14 Jul 2007 at 20:17

What connection is the server sitting on? If it's anything that you don't have an SLA for then I'd be inclined to stick with the POP catchall method.

m4cc45 · 14 Jul 2007 at 20:34

The server is for a customer.

Going to have two e-mail domains. Going to try and use HTTP over RPC for the second e-mail domain (Outlook Anywhere) and it will have a SLA to a degree as we have an 8-hour fix time.

If I can use the POP catch-all method in the interim then that would be good. I would like to use a Exchange connector though if possible rather than third-party software as this adds another point of failure.

If you can do this using Exchange can someone point me in the right direction?

M.

zetec452 · 15 Jul 2007 at 09:36

Caged said:
What connection is the server sitting on? If it's anything that you don't have an SLA for then I'd be inclined to stick with the POP catchall method.

Shouldn't be too much of a problem if a Backup MX is in place. But I agree, you don't want to be using SMTP if you have existing internet connectivity issues.

zetec452 · 15 Jul 2007 at 09:40

m4cc45 said:
The server is for a customer.

Going to have two e-mail domains. Going to try and use HTTP over RPC for the second e-mail domain (Outlook Anywhere) and it will have a SLA to a degree as we have an 8-hour fix time.

If I can use the POP catch-all method in the interim then that would be good. I would like to use a Exchange connector though if possible rather than third-party software as this adds another point of failure.

If you can do this using Exchange can someone point me in the right direction?

M.

I don't mean to sound harsh here but if you are installing exchange for a customer then your knowledge needs to be much better than it is now.

Take a course or buy a few books, test exchange on a test bed and have a play with it. Installing and the initial setup of exchange are the easy bits. What are you going to do if your customer has a real problem a few months down the line? Or a server needs to be restored?

I'm all for learning new technologies and software but you need to be careful when messing with businesses.

marin · 15 Jul 2007 at 10:17

Get hold of a copy of POPBeamer - there is a trial edition for testing/setting up - then its aroung £75.00 for a full copy.

m4cc45 · 15 Jul 2007 at 14:50

zetec452 said:
I don't mean to sound harsh here but if you are installing exchange for a customer then your knowledge needs to be much better than it is now.

Take a course or buy a few books, test exchange on a test bed and have a play with it. Installing and the initial setup of exchange are the easy bits. What are you going to do if your customer has a real problem a few months down the line? Or a server needs to be restored?

I'm all for learning new technologies and software but you need to be careful when messing with businesses.

Nothing to do with me - I use Microsoft Exchange 2003 Standard / Pro / SBS (all using either POPCon or the inbuilt Exchange connector) versions - not 2007 - the customer ordered 2007 not based on my recommendations - it was sold to them by a different department.

I'll think you'll agree there's a massive difference between Exchange previous versions and this. Everything in this seems to be hidden away under different menus. Gone is the connectors field. As I haven't used this yet (as it's brand new) I would rather ask stupid questions which, if I think about it, I know the answer to and get it confirmed, than risk making a mess of it.

M.