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Limit access time to Exchange 5.5

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by stephen.foster

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Seems like something I should know, but is there an easy way to block access to the Exchange Server from Outlook 2000 from the server side during specified times? i.e no access to email from 8:30AM to 11:30AM.

The Exchange server would still need to receive and send email to the outside world during the time users are denied access.

Users would still have access during this time to the network, but running Outlook would deny access to their folders during the time specified.

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by jabulani

I don't know of a way to do this but would you mind explainig why you want to do this as there may be another way of achieving the same.

by stephen.foster

The issue is to limit when the user can access Email from a directed productivity perspective. I know there are software programs out there that can manage/filter Internet content, but my issue is in running Outlook and the desire for the users to NOT have access during a time when there energies are better spent elsewhere. My preference would be to not purchase any add-on software programs to facilitate this.
-SJF

by gijoe

If users are denied access at certain times... how can they send e-mail?

There's no way to have a pertially functioning exchange server, unless you stop certain services from running at certain parts of the day.

But what you specify is contradictory. Users will not be able to send or recieve when you stop any one of the exchange services for that time period.

What's to prevent users from creating offline folders or personal folders? And using their systems for e-mail, but in an offline mode?

by stephen.foster

I agree that the users could in effect create off-line folders and such, but the key is to prevent them from receiving email that could distract them from their primary job during a specific time. Yes, we could turn off the exchange service, but then that would potentially reject any and all inbound mail. In addition, there are other staffers that we don't wish to limit access. This is the conundrum, how to limit some, but not all and allow email to arrive as sent, but not allow access during a specific time frame. If Outlook had a disallow during a preset timeframe the issue would be moot. I guess I am just wishing for the moon...

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