Mail by SMTP or by Pop3: which is best?

I'm fairly new to SBS2000. I have our mail coming to us from a pop3 server
at Demon (a UK ISP). I would like to move to SMTP but I'm not sure what's
needed to do this? Can anyone advise me?

Phil
Thu Sep 18 16:27:34 CDT 2003

If you are the business ADSL tariff with Demon (now=20
around =A340 a mth) this includes being able to access mail=20
by smtp. If you are on the basic Demon ADSL (=A325 a mth)=20
then only pop3 is available. To get mail by smtp run the=20
ICW in ISA.

Regards
Phil


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>I'm fairly new to SBS2000. I have our mail coming to us=20
from a pop3 server
>at Demon (a UK ISP). I would like to move to SMTP but=20
I'm not sure what's
>needed to do this? Can anyone advise me?
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Venger
Thu Sep 18 16:34:34 CDT 2003


"Shared Care" <admin@sharedcare.org> wrote in message
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> I'm fairly new to SBS2000. I have our mail coming to us from a pop3 server
> at Demon (a UK ISP). I would like to move to SMTP but I'm not sure what's
> needed to do this? Can anyone advise me?

I assume you mean host your own mail? POP and SMTP are protocols for
checking mail and sending/receiving mail, respectively...

Venger

Mariette
Thu Sep 18 16:44:41 CDT 2003

In news:_Noab.2679$DM5.27721@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net,
Shared Care <admin@sharedcare.org> wrote:

> I'm fairly new to SBS2000. I have our mail coming to us from a pop3
> server at Demon (a UK ISP). I would like to move to SMTP but I'm not
> sure what's needed to do this? Can anyone advise me?

You need:

1. A Fully Qualified Domain Name, something like www.smallbizserver.net
2. A static IP address, if you don't have one ask your ISP
3. MX (Mail eXchange) record needs to point to your static IP address.

If you have the above run the ICW and answer the questions; very easy.

--
Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]
www.smallbizserver.net

Shared
Thu Sep 18 17:08:05 CDT 2003

1) I have

2) I have (14 of them actually)

3) Soon

Will do.

Thanks Mariette!


"Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]" <mariette@smallbizserver.net> wrote in message
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> In news:_Noab.2679$DM5.27721@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net,
> Shared Care <admin@sharedcare.org> wrote:
>
> > I'm fairly new to SBS2000. I have our mail coming to us from a pop3
> > server at Demon (a UK ISP). I would like to move to SMTP but I'm not
> > sure what's needed to do this? Can anyone advise me?
>
> You need:
>
> 1. A Fully Qualified Domain Name, something like www.smallbizserver.net
> 2. A static IP address, if you don't have one ask your ISP
> 3. MX (Mail eXchange) record needs to point to your static IP address.
>
> If you have the above run the ICW and answer the questions; very easy.
>
> --
> Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]
> www.smallbizserver.net
>
>