RE: [WinMac] Win2K mail problems

Subject: RE: [WinMac] Win2K mail problems
From: Warwick Tate (Warwick.Tate[at]optus.com.au)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 01:53:25 EDT

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If your email address is Fred@isp.com, and the name of the POP server you
connect to is mail5.isp.com, then the name you would need to use is
fred@mail5.isp.com rather than the email address.

Warwick Tate
IT Solution Architect
DSS Architecture Consulting Group
Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd
Phone +61 (2) 9342 8325
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> ----------
> From: Giles Rowland
> Reply To: winmac@iffy.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2001 11:06 AM
> To: winmac@iffy.com
> Subject: [WinMac] Win2K mail problems
>
> Hello there.
>
> Not so long ago we installed a Win2k machine with SBS2000. We are making
> extensive use of Exchange (the Mac client is great), but currently we are
> limited to internal email since the server refuses to pick up external
> POP3
> mail.
>
> Currently we operate on a dial-up connection, and Exchange's POP3
> Connector
> is set to collect mail from an external POP box and distribute it on an
> hourly basis.
>
> This is not happening. The server dials and establishes an ISP connection,
> but is unable to make a successful connection with the external POP
> server,
> and this is reported in the error log. Internal emails are fine, as are
> outgoing messages since the SMTP Connector seems to be working fine.
>
> I have checked MS's Knowledge Base, and the only apparently relevant
> article
> talks of using the "real" external server name (e.g. Pop.isp.net) rather
> than its IP address. I have tried both methods but with no luck.
>
> Can anyone shed any light? It is frustrating to have such a high class
> internal collaboration system, but to have to rely on Hotmail to
> communicate
> with the outside world.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Giles.
>
>
>
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