SBS 2003 and POP3 Remote Access

I have a couple of remote users that need to access their Exchange e-mail boxes stored on the SBS 2003 using their e-mail clients from outside the company

They have Outlook 2003, which I have setup a POP3 e-mail account with the IP address of the SBS 2003 Serveras the POP3 & SMTP Server and checked the SPA and SSL boxes for Security communication, but I get an error message when sending a Test Message that "Server was not found" ..

Is there any setting that needs to be done on the SBS 2003 to allow remote POP3 access to its Exchange e-mail boxes

Appreciate your help

Reda

SuperGumby
Sun Feb 08 04:29:12 CST 2004

you'd be better off using Outlook 2003 in http mode.

and asking your SBS2003 question in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

<Reda Hanna> wrote in message
news:B7667986-04AA-4797-9442-06F0E382BD66@microsoft.com...
>
> I have a couple of remote users that need to access their Exchange e-mail
boxes stored on the SBS 2003 using their e-mail clients from outside the
company.
>
> They have Outlook 2003, which I have setup a POP3 e-mail account with the
IP address of the SBS 2003 Serveras the POP3 & SMTP Server and checked the
SPA and SSL boxes for Security communication, but I get an error message
when sending a Test Message that "Server was not found" ...
>
> Is there any setting that needs to be done on the SBS 2003 to allow remote
POP3 access to its Exchange e-mail boxes?
>
> Appreciate your help.
>
> Reda

rahanna
Sun Feb 08 12:36:05 CST 2004


Do you mean that I should add a new HTTP Account to the Outlook 2003 e-mail client of the Remote User

I think that the Security Setting for that are not matching the SPA or the SSL for accessing Exchange 2003 boxes

Appreciate your guidance

Red


----- SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote: ----

you'd be better off using Outlook 2003 in http mode

and asking your SBS2003 question in microsoft.public.windows.server.sb

<Reda Hanna> wrote in messag
news:B7667986-04AA-4797-9442-06F0E382BD66@microsoft.com..
>> I have a couple of remote users that need to access their Exchange e-mai
boxes stored on the SBS 2003 using their e-mail clients from outside th
company
>> They have Outlook 2003, which I have setup a POP3 e-mail account with th
IP address of the SBS 2003 Serveras the POP3 & SMTP Server and checked th
SPA and SSL boxes for Security communication, but I get an error messag
when sending a Test Message that "Server was not found" ..
>> Is there any setting that needs to be done on the SBS 2003 to allow remot
POP3 access to its Exchange e-mail boxes
>> Appreciate your help
>> Red

David
Sun Feb 08 13:00:01 CST 2004

Reda,

What he is referring to is using Outlook 2003 configured to access the
Exchange server via RPC over HTTP. You would need to enable the option
Outlook over the Internet in the CEICW.. You can find step by step
instructions on how to configure Outlook to use RPC over HTTP by logging on
to the Remote Web Workplace (RWW) as a user and then clicking on the link
for Configure your computer to use Outlook via the Internet.

Which that way they would have very similar functionality as a user would
using Outlook on the local lan.. versus limited functionality being a POP3
or IMAP user.


--

Hope that helps,
David Copeland
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

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"Reda Hanna" <rahanna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:12DC4172-46D2-426D-8C37-8D3B7CE96B59@microsoft.com...
>
> Do you mean that I should add a new HTTP Account to the Outlook 2003
e-mail client of the Remote User?
>
> I think that the Security Setting for that are not matching the SPA or the
SSL for accessing Exchange 2003 boxes.
>
> Appreciate your guidance.
>
> Reda
>
>
> ----- SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote: -----
>
> you'd be better off using Outlook 2003 in http mode.
>
> and asking your SBS2003 question in
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
>
> <Reda Hanna> wrote in message
> news:B7667986-04AA-4797-9442-06F0E382BD66@microsoft.com...
> >> I have a couple of remote users that need to access their Exchange
e-mail
> boxes stored on the SBS 2003 using their e-mail clients from outside
the
> company.
> >> They have Outlook 2003, which I have setup a POP3 e-mail account
with the
> IP address of the SBS 2003 Serveras the POP3 & SMTP Server and
checked the
> SPA and SSL boxes for Security communication, but I get an error
message
> when sending a Test Message that "Server was not found" ...
> >> Is there any setting that needs to be done on the SBS 2003 to
allow remote
> POP3 access to its Exchange e-mail boxes?
> >> Appreciate your help.
> >> Reda
>
>
>