Re: User/Client POP3 retrival into exchange mailbox

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/03/04


Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:34:16 -0500

What's the reason you can't use OWA? Supporting 1000 POP users sounds like a
pain - OWA with SSL will let them change their own passwords.

Andrew wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I realise there are a wealth of products that allow an exchange server
> to attach to 1 or many POP3 accounts to retrive mail on the server.
> But I have the following situation which means I cannot use this
> normal method.
>
>
> We have the following problem.
>
>
>
> We have 1000 users that each have an individual username and password.
> They are required to change this password every 60 days. There are
> various methods of doing so, but the web interface they find the
> easiest.
>
>
>
> However because this is only POP3 access, they are unable to use
> services like group calendaring that you get with exchange.
>
>
>
> What I ideally require is for the ability for people to have a mailbox
> on exchange and use normal OUTLOOK, and have the mail for that mailbox
> downloaded via POP3. This of course will be unique to each user, and
> the user needs somehow to either change or be asked each time for a
> password to take away the ADMINs changing 1000 passwords !
>
>
>
> We are not able to use the facility of have a single POP3 account with
> multiple mailboxes for lots of reasons.



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