Re: If Only ...
From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] (gwdibble_at_NOSPAM.frontiernet.net)
Date: 03/24/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:03:16 -0500
I just changed hosting companies and have had similar issues to what you
describe. If your ISP has a webmail interface, you could set up a test
account or two to work with the POP connector, while everyone else's mail is
just left on the server. They can read it in the webmail interface, and
just leave it in the POP mailbox until you decide how to deal with it
otherwise.
Assuming your POP situation is stable on the ISP end, I don't think you risk
losing any mail with the POP connector. It's reliable if configured
correctly, and if it's not configured right it won't be accessing the
mailboxes anyway. Once the mail finds its way into the Exchnage mailboxes,
it can always be exported to a PST or shipped back out to the ISP if
something happens, such as the need to reinstall SBS or the decision to use
different software altogether (although I can't imagine that any other
software would be considered by someone who'd used SBS).
"Adam Selene" <as@freeluna.org> wrote in message
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> It seems to me that small businesses looking to migrate to their first
> server using SBS2003 would benefit from some ability to run pilot
> projects prior to actual "live" turn-on of the domain served network.
>
> A big obstacle to this would seem to be an apparent inability to
> configure Exchange 2003 POP3 connectors with the ability to "leave
> mail on server" similar to what Outlook xxxx can do without Exchange.
>
> I've looked and looked but I can't find a way to test POP3 email
> configurations using actual email accounts without risking loss of
> mail.
>
> As it stands, it appears to me that one must set up a flock of
> "temporary" email accounts at one's ISP in order to experiment with
> various configuration options. Depending on one's ISP, this may or
> may not be an easy thing to accomplish.
>
> If I'm misinformed, I'd appreciate being corrected. But it would seem
> to have been a rather simple capability to build into the POP3
> connector.
>
> Thanks...
>
> --
> ASelene
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