Nt4.0 server Sp6a on Exchange 5.5

Outlook Web Access would work. The setup is more than this window will allow for me to describe, but essentially, users could use a web browser to connect to the exchange server, and access their email outside of the firewall.

Mike

You should setup OWA (Outlook Web Access). Read more about it at

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/outlook/2000/0WA2000.asp

Be sure to remove the spaces in the hyperlink that TR adds.

Don

Exchange OWA is definitely the way to go!! Preferrably setup on a separate system in your firewall's DMZ to prevent direct access to your Exchange system from the Internet.

However, if you really want to hang it out there... you could enable POP3 of LDAP access on the Exchange server (which, if I remember correctly, is a default setting) and then allow just the one port through the firewall (pick one, POP3/LDAP, not both... neither one is the smart choice, but at least you'd be limiting things...). This would allow you to setup Outlook as if you were using it to connect to an ISP's mail server (or you could even use Netscape/Outlook Express/or any other POP/LDAP enabled mail client for access.

AGAIN... OWA in a DMZ is the RIGHT answer here!! It boils down to:

I'd rather trade the risk of one IIS-box with one access port and far greater extensibility for the client, than allow direct access via POP3/LDAP to my production system with degraded service for the client.