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

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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
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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
>
>

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Ken,

I downloaded a copy of MailEnable and tried it.   It's great.   Thanks for
the tip!  I've got three domains up with five or six mailboxes in each and
everythings running smoothly.

Dennis

"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
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