Re: Exchange and/or POP3

From: Mark Arnold [MVP] (mark_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:10:53 +0100

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:40:48 -0400, "Nate Harel" <nate@email.com>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I just came in to a client that is a small school that has approx 40
>permanent staff and about 70-100 students on a 4 year program. Each year a
>new group of students come in while a group graduates and leaves.
>
>Currently the school uses Exchange for their email. Each student is given an
>email address and this is the way the staff communicates with them. So the
>students do not need any other function than email which they need to be
>able to access remotely - ie via web or pop3 client.
>
>They are running a Win2003 Server and Exchange.
>
>Each year, students are added/removed from the system so that they can have
>an email account. As I understand it, this means a CAL license is needed for
>each student (?)

Probably not, you need to check your licencing model with your local
MS office or reseller. It's not usually licenced that way

>
>Questions:
>1. Is my assumption correct in that we need a CAL for each student??
>2. Since students come and go, does it make more sense to keep the Exchange
>server only for the staff and implement some POP3 server for the students?

Using Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access is an excellent solution for
student profiles.

If you have Exchange set up you can access OWA by
http://server.domain.com/exchange right out of the box

>3. Is #2 above possible, and if so, how?
>
>thanks
>
>Nate
>
>
>

Relevant Pages
Loading