"Dennis" <junk@galron.com> wrote in message
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> I've moved most of my stuff onto my new MPU system running Win2003 server
> standard edition. One thing I've left behind on my old desktop system is
> my
> E-mail server. In poking around in Win2003 Server, I've been able to
> acertain if it is capable of doing what I need or if I'll have to add
> additional software.
>
> My old E-mail server is a little known product by a now defunct company
> named Seattle Lab. Using this E-mail server, I download E-mail (for
> three
> different domains that I own) from my ISP. My understanding is that my
> ISP
> has MX records setup which allow my E-mail server to talk to their's to do
> this download.. My system then does SMTP here and lets various people on
> my
> local LAN use PO3 to get their E-mail. Going the other way, we all send
> our
> outgoing E-mail to the Seattle Lab E-mail server. From there, I'm
> unclear
> on whether it uploads it to my ISP's E-mail servers or if it tries to
> connect directly with E-mail servers at the target addresses. I seem to
> remember that it can do it either way.
>
> My question is, can I do all of this with the PO3 and SMTP services which
> come with Win2003 server standard edition or do I need additional s/w?
> And, if so, what.
>
> Thanks in advance for educating me on this.
>
> Dennis Gallagher
> Woods Creek Wholesale Nursery
> Monroe, WA
>
>

"Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE@THISadopenstatic.com> wrote in message
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> a) Does the MS SMTP/POP3 Server have a "POP3 Connector" - no (MS Exchange
> Server does). If your current mail server logs into POP3 mailboxes on your
> ISPs server, and downloads mail to local POP3 mailboxes, then equivalent
> functinality doesn't exist in MS SMTP/POP3 Server. On the other hand, if
> your current mailserver using ATRN (Authenticated TURN) to access and
> download mail for your domain, then MS SMTP/POP3 server will be able to do
> this.
>
> b) Does MS SMTP server support Smart Host functionality - yes. This allows
> your MS SMTP server to either directly deliver mail to remote SMTP
> servers -or- forward all mail to your ISP's SMTP server who will then
> deliver mail outwards
>
> If you want a more flexible mail server, take a look at www.mailenable.com
> Even the free version has a lot of nice features, and it's been rock solid
> for me.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
>
> "Dennis" <junk@galron.com> wrote in message
> news:ehs68RluEHA.200@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I've moved most of my stuff onto my new MPU system running Win2003
server
> > standard edition. One thing I've left behind on my old desktop system
is
> > my
> > E-mail server. In poking around in Win2003 Server, I've been able to
> > acertain if it is capable of doing what I need or if I'll have to add
> > additional software.
> >
> > My old E-mail server is a little known product by a now defunct company
> > named Seattle Lab. Using this E-mail server, I download E-mail (for
> > three
> > different domains that I own) from my ISP. My understanding is that my
> > ISP
> > has MX records setup which allow my E-mail server to talk to their's to
do
> > this download.. My system then does SMTP here and lets various people
on
> > my
> > local LAN use PO3 to get their E-mail. Going the other way, we all send
> > our
> > outgoing E-mail to the Seattle Lab E-mail server. From there, I'm
> > unclear
> > on whether it uploads it to my ISP's E-mail servers or if it tries to
> > connect directly with E-mail servers at the target addresses. I seem
to
> > remember that it can do it either way.
> >
> > My question is, can I do all of this with the PO3 and SMTP services
which
> > come with Win2003 server standard edition or do I need additional s/w?
> > And, if so, what.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for educating me on this.
> >
> > Dennis Gallagher
> > Woods Creek Wholesale Nursery
> > Monroe, WA
> >
> >
>
>