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by jamie fili

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My question is if it is possible to retrieve email from exchange 5.5 from a remote location that is using outlook express. My network has one server that acts as an Exchange server and Domain Controller. It is used as the incoming and outgoing server. I wanted to set up a laptop with Outlook Express that connects to the internet via dial up. I guess I am asking if I can set it up as Pop server. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks

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by acattr

Your exchange server has pop and smtp built in. Simply make sure you haved installed the internet mail connector. You can test to see if your server accepts connections by connecting to it on ports 25(smtp) and 110(pop3).

start run "telnet servernameorIP 25"
start run "telnet servernameorIP 110"

You can also test by running outlook express on the server or your workstation on the network.

You may have to open up port 25 and 110 on your firewall to pass them to your mail server.

by psx

OWA is a simple, fast, and easy solution to your problem. However, that means you will have to open up your network to possible security threats since OWA uses BASIC NT Authentication by default. This method sends passwords over the Internet in clear text.

You can configure your Exchange server to allow smtp and pop connections but that would mean that emails read at home will not be available when the user comes to work. Plus, any emails stored on the user's home pc will not be backed up.

One other solution is to create a VPN connection and configure your user's Outlook to use an Exchange connector instead of an Internet mail connector.

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