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exchange with pop3 email in 2003

ok here is the setup:
Internet (pop3) email through a company called web 11.
domain name=           mydomain.com
pop3(incoming)=        mydomain.com
smtp(outgoing)=         mydomain.com
also have windows 2003 server(needed for terminal services) and exchange 2003.

Current setup:
Currently we have exchange setup with our mydomain.local
on each client pc we have 2 accounts, one is for exchange, the other connects their internet email.
both accounts are directed to the exchange mailbox.

What i want to do:
i want to be able to add the pop3/internet email(i heard something about a pop3 connector but dont fully understand it) to their exchange account through either Active directory or exchange.

thanks in advance
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Why not stop using the external e-mail system...and instead use Exchange?  This way, you can control all your mail...and don't have to pay for the external e-mail?  Exchange comes with Outlook Web access, so you clients can get thier mail from any location as long as they have an internet connection.

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we use exchange and outlook for shared calendars-contacts- etc. and outlook is easier for most of the clients to understand. i would like the option of the web access tho for a few of the users, but they need internet email and i just wanted to be able to add their internet mail through the server. i have setup a few clients where their server is their actual pop3 server for their internet mail. but i dont like how in depth the setup for it actually is. if there is a change in ISP or just wan ip then it causes problems. im just thinking that it will be easier for me this way. if they get a new person i can logon to their webmail account (like webmail.mydomain.com) and create the new email account, then remote into the server and create the account and call the person and tell them to login. with how things are setup their exchange mail is automatically added when they log in. the less i have to go there, the easier it is to manage.
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Sembee i dont think i understand fully what your trying to say.

basically what i want is to have all external email downloaded from my webserver(webmail.mydomain.com) to my exchange mailbox's. then when a client sends an email out i want it to hit the exchange server(decide weather its local or external) and send it accordingling.

basically i want to be able to have all of the accounts added to the server(pop3 and smtp info and logon info) and have them attach to the domain users logons. is that possible, and if so can someone help me with that setup? it may not be the best way to do it, but for this client i feel it is. i will buy a pop3 connector if needed.
Why don't you just cut out the middle man.

If you have any kind of permanent internet connection, then get your MX records changed to point directly to the Exchange server. If you want all email delivered to the Exchange server then it is the best way. It is how Exchange is designed to operate.

Simon.