Ive got a guy who is running SBS server. They’re running Exchange although they’re not running their own mail server; they use a hosting service. They have Exchange set up to sync with this external mail service.
Is their any logical reason to do this that Im missing? Its a small fire protection business, with maybe 10 pc’s. All of their outlook clients are set to use the exchange server. Most work well, except for the owners (of course :).
He says at times he will send an e-mail to his secretary, and she wont receive it until the next day. The opposite also happens (she sends to him, he doesn’t receive it).
He also has the problem that new e-mails wont automatically show up in Outlook (he has to click off of the Inbox to a diff folder, then click the Inbox again)
I recommended he download Thunderbird and just connect to their POP/SMTP server rather than the Exchange server, and see how it goes.
So is there any reason why they all shouldnt just do this? Is there some other benefit to using Exchange that Im missing? It seems to me they dont really need it and it could be causing some other problems.
This was the first time I played w/ SBS. Im not a big fan, and am pretty glad I decided against using it here at our office.
