Re: POP3 trouble in Exchange with roaming profile

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From: David F (david_at_precision_no_spam_landscape.com)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 10:51:05 -0700

Outlook 2002, sorry should have said. (My docs are for 2000)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote
>> David Frohmader wrote:
>> Don't know delivery location. Seems buried too deep. Where do I look?
>
>
> What version of Outlook?
>
>> This could be the problem. This notebook could have been setup to use
>> local rather than Exchange address book. However, the settings should
>> have come along with the profile that was setup on the computer where
>> it worked correctly.
>>
>> Error msg:
>> Task 'ATG - Sending and Receiving' reported error (0x80042108):
>> 'Outlook is unable to connect to your incoming (POP3) e-mail server.
>> If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
>> adminstrator.
>
> Can you telnet to the server on port 110?
>>
>> Why POP mail. Two users get email both at home and at work. Also, we
>> are downloading at the desktop rather than at the server (as I
>> recall). Yeah, I should setup to use the MX record, but just the
>> tyranny of the urgent you know. :-)
>
> The urgent thing is to fix your e-mail setup so it isn't decentralized
> like
> this, if you ask me. I'd ditch POP entirely. Have remote users use
> OWA, VPN.
>>
>> Thanks, David
>>
>>> David F wrote:
>>>> We have a user that was just switched from a local to a roaming
>>>> profile (Win2K box & notebook) using 'copy to'. Still using POP3 to
>>>> download email from our ISP for misc reasons.
>>>>
>>>> The user can get email just fine on the original desktop box, but
>>>> the notebook can't get the pop3 email. It gives an error message
>>>> about not connecting. What might be some reasons. (The roaming
>>>> profile is working correctly so far.) Thanks, David
>>>
>>> Where's the delivery location? Mailbox or PST file?
>>> What's the exact text of the error message you get?
>>> What are the "misc reasons" you're using clients to download POP
>>> mail rather than having the Exchange server handle it all? :-)
>
>

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