Exchange 2007 Standard - No POP connector?

[m4cc45]

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.

 

[m4cc45]

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.

 

[m4cc45]

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]

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.

 

[m4cc45]

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.

 

[m4cc45]

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.