Re: SBS, Internet Only - Questions
From: Martin Mitchell (martin_at_nospam)
Date: 05/18/04
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:31:09 +0100
Not sure if this will help, but it looks like it covers configuring exchange
for POP3 access.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/Library/POP3EXWN.mspx
-- Martin Mitchell "Andre" <emerald@spam.isle> wrote in message news:10akojed1j13jd2@news.supernews.com... > Yes, we have looked at that software. Unfortunately, it does not allow > the > install of any type of exchange client and if you try to install exchange > on > top of it, the install will fail. SBS has everything we need, the only > necessary step now is to locate some better information for this. > > > > "Martin Mitchell" <martin@nospam> wrote in message > news:uOiS$oQPEHA.2740@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> Perhaps Windows Server 2003 Web Edition might intrest you. See >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/web.mspx, >> however I believe you would need some software on top of this for the >> handling of email. >> >> -- >> Martin Mitchell >> >> "Andre" <emerald@spam.isle> wrote in message >> news:10akjqts8i7ubf7@news.supernews.com... >> > So the company has SBS Premium installed to a server machine with 1 >> > nic. >> > Right now we have absolutely no use for the internal server aspects of > the >> > software. We will not have any interal PC's hooked up to it, no > sensitive >> > data installed on it, nothing. It will be a stand alone machine by > itself >> > connected to an internet pipe. You could say we are going to use it as > a >> > glorified web server. Down the road in a few years, sure, maybe we >> > will >> > re-install and configure it for in-office use. But not now. >> > >> > Basically our usage of the server software will fall into 3 categories: >> > FTP: Stanard anon FTP >> > Web: Standard anon WEB >> > SMTP: We want users at home to send mail through it using > 'ourserver.com' >> > as their outgoing mail server. >> > POP3: We want users at home to get mail from it using 'ourserver.com' > as >> > their incoming POP3 server. >> > >> > There are some questions that I am hoping someone savvy enough can > answer: >> > >> > EMAIL: This is exactly what we want - When any person at home sends an >> > email to our doman user@ourserver.com, the email is sent through the >> > net >> > directly to our server, and our exchange software takes the email and >> > dumps >> > it into the 'user' mailbox folder. Then 'user' in our company is able > to >> > connect to our server over the net, using POP3 to his own box >> > USER/PASSWORD >> > and is able to download those messages directly from our server. Is > this >> > even possible, having mail delivered directly to our server with no > middle >> > man at the ISP involved? If so, how? The documentation included with > SBS >> > Premium is extremely weak in this area and doesn't go into detail on >> > how >> > the >> > configuration of this setup should work. Is this type of email even >> > possible with SBS, where all email sent to us goes directly to our > server >> > Port 25 and our server processes it? If so, what key configurations >> > should >> > I look for? Is there a more detailed explaination of the exchange >> > configuration somewhere on the web, or even a book that I can buy which >> > covers SBS Exchange? >> > >> > Email again, as I understand it when a user sends something SMTP out > from >> > his machine, he can put ourserver.com as the outgoing SMTP server. The >> > email will be sent to our server, which then forwards it directly to >> > the >> > destination server. How can I 'test' that this has been properly >> > configured >> > without first transfering our domain over to the box that I'm setting > up? >> > >> > Is there any limitation to the total # of people that can be connected > to >> > the anon FTP site at any given time? >> > >> > Is there any limitation to the total size of files or number of folders > we >> > can host in the FTP, granted we have enough hard drive space? Will the > MS >> > FTP server choke on a certain size of files or number of folders? >> > >> > Is there some critical flaw with the built in Microsoft FTP server that >> > makes it weaker for FTP than another software such as, say, CuteFTP? >> > Is >> > it >> > somehow easier to hack than CuteFTP, is that why everyone is always >> > bashing >> > MS FTP and saying that using it is a death warrant? If there is > something >> > weak about MS FTP that makes it easier to hack, we have CuteFTP already >> > purchased and can use it. I would rather use the built in FTP with the >> > server, but need to know why everyone says it's so weak. >> > >> > Is there any limitation to the total # of people that can connect to >> > our >> > public website at any given time, short of the # we put into the IIS >> > configuration? Or could we have 1000 people browsing our site all at >> > once? >> > >> > Services: As I stated previously, a lot of features and services we > don't >> > need are installed anyways in the SBS software by default. If we're > only >> > pumping out web, ftp, and email, what services can we safely turn off > (set >> > to manual) without jeapordizing the ability of the server to serve > content >> > over the internet? I have tried searching but cannot find a > comprehensive >> > resource that lists each of the services in the SBS software, and what >> > types >> > of functions the service performs. Any service that works solely on >> > the >> > connection between the server and an internal lan machine that can be >> > stopped I would like to stop. >> > >> > Is there any book out there that covers advanced IIS configuration and >> > security that you might recommend? I had the displeasure of purchasing >> > "Windows Small Business Server 2003, Administrator's Companion" and I >> > found >> > that this book contains very little information short of what you can >> > already find in the wizards and built in help of the operating system >> > itself. Bluntly put, it's useless. I need either a book that covers > with >> > more detail and much more in depth SBS 2003 and it's services and >> > configuration, or something else that covers IIS 6.0 and walks over >> > security >> > risks, configuration tips, etc. >> > >> > Please reply to the newsgroup as I don't get spam, thanks. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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