RE: POP3 service in SBS 2003 Premuim

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From: Ray Fong [MSFT] (rayfong_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 02:28:13 GMT

The article is not correct and I will get it updated.
Meanwhile, you can find the settings by right-click the Web Sites,
Properties. Performance tab, Bandwidth throttling.

Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support

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>SBS 2003 Premium fully installed. I have configured both SMTP and POP3
>virtual server in Exchange. The SMTP service is working fine. However I
am
>unable to connect to the POP3 server using Outlook or Outlook Express.
Upon
>clicking SEND/RECEIVE in Outlook Express I get the error:
>
> "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
>causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period
>of inactivity. Account: 'account name', Server:'server', Protocol:
>POP3, Port 110, Secure (SLL); No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F"
>
>After researching Microsoft's KB I have found the following article that
>matches my particular problem. Article Q278637:
>
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278637&Product=sbse
rv2003
>
>Mind you that this article is submitted by Microsoft themselves. According
>to Microsoft this artcile applies to Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server
>2003 Premium Edition and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition as
>stated at the bottom of the article and which is exactly what I am running.
>Under "Resolution" it advises to go to "Internet Services Manager". Is it
>just me because, I have "Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager", not
>"Internet Services Manager". Well I assume that this is a typographical
>error and continue with their resolution. Then they advise to "clear the
>Enable Bandwidth Throttling option", and once again their procedures
>conflicts with my install of SBS. I do NOT have the "Enable Bandwidth
>Throttling" option to clear. Am I the only one that is experiencing this?
>Could it be that Microsoft does not know their product or did I
misconfigure
>my install?
>
>Anyways, my overall objective is to configure POP3 service in order to have
>remote users download their mail using Outlook or Outlook Express.. I have
>been unsuccessful. After troubleshooting and extensive research, it has
led
>me to the KB article mentioned above. I do not know if disabling the
>bandwidth throttling will resolve my problem. It is worth a shot, but
>unfortunately there is an error in Microsoft's solution. Maybe there
should
>be a knowledge base that provided corrections for Micorsoft's Knowledge
>Base. I am not asking for help with the above KB article, I am asking for
>help with my getting POP3 service up and running. But if you do know
>anything about this KB article or have suggestions, any information would
be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Tommy Nguyen
>
>
>



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