Hi



Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per SBS
2003....

I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...

My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3 account
and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and distributed
them...

What options do I have open to me now...?

If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down to
my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
another way of making it work...?

Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan before
dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...

Thanks in advance...

Col

I suggest you bite the bullet and switch to SMTP for your incoming mail.

"ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:e8hefrUPKHA.5032@newsgroup

> Hi
>
> Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per
> SBS 2003....
>
> I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
> option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...
>
> My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3 account
> and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and distributed
> them...
>
> What options do I have open to me now...?
>
> If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down
> to my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
> another way of making it work...?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan before
> dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Col

As an interim step (before going to SMTP), stop the forwarding at the ISP
(or 3rd party hoster), pull mail from each of the 10 individual mailboxes
down to the SBS 2008 server using the POP3 Connector, specifying which
Exchange mailbox is to receive that mail.

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================

"ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:e8hefrUPKHA.5032@newsgroup

> Hi
>
> Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per
> SBS 2003....
>
> I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
> option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...
>
> My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3 account
> and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and distributed
> them...
>
> What options do I have open to me now...?
>
> If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down
> to my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
> another way of making it work...?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan before
> dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Col

Indeed--the pop3 connector works fine (better, in fact) on SBS 2008. It is
reached via the SBS console directly, perhaps unexpectedly, however.

We have two MX records--one for the Exchange server, and one for our ISP's
webserver.

We maintain the basic staff addresses on the webserver, and the POP3
connector is set to pull from it every 15 minutes.

The primary content it gets is spam, some of which goes directly to that
server. However, it also gets webform content, which ends up in the
web-based mailboxes, and, if our connection is down, mail collects in the
user mailboxes, and is collected via the pop3 connector when we come back
up.

Which is happening right now, in fact. Verizon, even with a fixed IP
business account, is proving very unreliable at the moment.


"Merv Porter" <mwport@newsgroup_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uPXCt9UPKHA.4700@newsgroup

> As an interim step (before going to SMTP), stop the forwarding at the ISP
> (or 3rd party hoster), pull mail from each of the 10 individual mailboxes
> down to the SBS 2008 server using the POP3 Connector, specifying which
> Exchange mailbox is to receive that mail.
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:e8hefrUPKHA.5032@newsgroup

>> Hi
>>
>> Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per
>> SBS 2003....
>>
>> I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
>> option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...
>>
>> My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3 account
>> and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and distributed
>> them...
>>
>> What options do I have open to me now...?
>>
>> If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down
>> to my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
>> another way of making it work...?
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan
>> before dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Col

>

Merv, think you may just have saved my bacon!...

How may individual connections does the new POP3 on SBS 2008 support...?

Col

"Merv Porter" <mwport@newsgroup_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uPXCt9UPKHA.4700@newsgroup

> As an interim step (before going to SMTP), stop the forwarding at the ISP
> (or 3rd party hoster), pull mail from each of the 10 individual mailboxes
> down to the SBS 2008 server using the POP3 Connector, specifying which
> Exchange mailbox is to receive that mail.
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:e8hefrUPKHA.5032@newsgroup

>> Hi
>>
>> Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per
>> SBS 2003....
>>
>> I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
>> option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...
>>
>> My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3 account
>> and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and distributed
>> them...
>>
>> What options do I have open to me now...?
>>
>> If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down
>> to my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
>> another way of making it work...?
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan
>> before dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Col

>

It should handle as many as you need (at least 75+' and there really is no
limit AFAIK). The only issue would be that you may need to extend the
default retrieval period (15 minutes) if you have many, many POP3 accounts,
get lots of emails/account, or you're getting many emails with large
attachments. Otherwise, one retrieval cycle may bump up against the next
and cause problems.

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================

"ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:eIg57QVPKHA.4028@newsgroup

> Merv, think you may just have saved my bacon!...
>
> How may individual connections does the new POP3 on SBS 2008 support...?
>
> Col
>
> "Merv Porter" <mwport@newsgroup_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uPXCt9UPKHA.4700@newsgroup

>> As an interim step (before going to SMTP), stop the forwarding at the ISP
>> (or 3rd party hoster), pull mail from each of the 10 individual mailboxes
>> down to the SBS 2008 server using the POP3 Connector, specifying which
>> Exchange mailbox is to receive that mail.
>>
>> --
>> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
>> ============================
>>
>> "ColinA" <colin@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:e8hefrUPKHA.5032@newsgroup

>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Just realized that SBS 2008 doesn't support the "global" account as per
>>> SBS 2003....
>>>
>>> I'm struggling to see the point of it at all if it doesn't have this
>>> option..., any way..., I'm after some advice on what to do next...
>>>
>>> My customer has 10 POP3 mailboxes that forward to one single POP3
>>> account and the old SBS 2003 server would have pulled them down and
>>> distributed them...
>>>
>>> What options do I have open to me now...?
>>>
>>> If I want to use SMTP email, what steps do I have to take to get it down
>>> to my server...?, or is there still life in the POP3 setup...?, is there
>>> another way of making it work...?
>>>
>>> Any help would be much appreciated as I need to come up with a plan
>>> before dawn or I could be in a bit of trouble here!...
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance...
>>>
>>> Col

>>

Thanks Merv, to be totally honest it's really good..., works a treat!..

Thanks for all your help...

Col