E-mail woes
- From: "Andrew M. Saucci, Jr." <spam-only@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:03:42 -0500
I just wanted some opinions on e-mail configuration. We had a
client using SBS with his MX pointed directly to his server, and it worked
fine for years. A few months ago, he contracted with a web developer to host
his web site. The web developer (who we shall call Mr. X) insisted that the
e-mail links in the web site would not work unless the DNS was transferred
to X's DNS machine and POP3 accounts were created. He said he had to have a
"real" mail server for everything to work correctly. I tried to reason with
Mr. X and our client, but X insisted that it had to be done his way-- just
pointing www.client.com to X's server wouldn't be sufficient, and it had to
be POP3. Does this make any sense at all? What might X be trying to do that
can't be done unless he hosts the e-mail? Ever since Mr. X got involved
we've had all sorts of mysterious e-mail problems there that have taken lots
of time to troubleshoot, and meanwhile everything was working fine before
that. Besides, with the POP3 Connector, the mail takes as long as 15 minutes
to arrive. (I know about POP Beamer and may still use it there if I have
to.) I really would like to put everything back the way it was-- the way
everyone here seems to think an SBS should be set up-- but I'm going to need
some solid facts if I'm to have any chance of explaining why X's approach
isn't the only way. Right now, all I have is X claiming that it just has to
be POP3.
.
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