Re: SBS2003 Changes Outlook 2003 Config

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No can do -> Here's why:

We're like a franchise, in a way. We have no control over the corporate
servers. We operate a small office and are independantly owned, but we
answer to our corporate name.
We got a SBS because we needed file management, calendar sharing, etc. We
also take advantage of the email provided for internal use only. The problem
is that anything we send to a client/customer MUST be done through
corporate's servers (the POP/SMTP settings in our client computer's Outlook
settings). This is for compliance reasons etc.
Every time a user logs on or off of a computer, the SBS goes ahead and
changes the Outlook settings to make Exchange as the default account, not the
POP/SMTP as we need it to be.
I realize I wasn't as clear in my first posting.. perhaps this can help
answer the question of how to stop the server from changing the client
comptuer's Outlook default email account settings back to Exchange.

Thank you for anything you can come up with!!!!
Drew

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> Drew wrote:
>
> > At my business I'm required to send and receive all email through our
> > corporate servers for security reasons. This is done simply with a
> POP3/SMTP
> > configuration in Outlook 2003. That 'email account' on each machine,
> > therefore, needs to be set as the default. We also use our own Exchange
> > email through our SBS machine for internal office email. The problem is
> that
> > it would seem every time the SBS is restarted or in any way changed, all
> of
> > the client machines in the office change the default email account from
> the
> > POP3/SMTP to the Exchange account (normally listed as a secondary
> account).
> > This is terrible because any new email sent on the client machines (with
> no
> > reason to think anything has changed) is sent through the Exchange
> account
> > rather than the required POP3/SMTP account. The employees have noticed
> and
> > try to watch out for it, but we can't be constantly worrying about
> whether or
> > not Outlook 2003 and the SBS have changed the default email account
> without
> > our knowledge.
> > HELP! How can I stop this from happening???
> > -Drew
>
> Why not simply configure Exchange to use your corporate servers as a
> smarthost? (this is an option in CEICW, or you can do it manually through
> Exchange System Manager).
>
> Though it seems a little odd that you have "corporate servers" as well as
> SBS...
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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