To choose a POP3 Parser
Hi! We have a Windows SBS 2003 and uses the built in POP3 Connector for downloading mail through our ISP. About 25 mailboxes. We're tired of this 15 minutes parsing and other things that POP3 Connector limits because of it's nearly useless interface.
What other pop3 parsers are good to use?
No advices who leading us to use Exchange as direct delivery, we already have it in mind.
Trying and configurating takes some time and risks to interrupt the mail process for all or some employees (it's already did) :p. I've tried pop3 beamer who seems nice at first glance. After a while there appears to be doubles of some messages. Also mail sended from inside our organisation to mailboxes that not exists in Exchange, was sended back with error delivery, instead of routing it to our ISP's smtp-server. I've configured Exchange to act that way. I don't know why pop3 beamer are disturbing this at all, but now with pop3 beamerservice uninstalled it works as before - mail to unknown mailboxes routes to our ISP's smtp.
With above you understand a little about our needs.
- And u also understand I'm not interested in POP3 Beamer as advice :-).
- That does not matter if the program costs some dollars. POP3 Beamer costs 180$ and that's fine if it would working.
What other pop3 parsers are good to use?
No advices who leading us to use Exchange as direct delivery, we already have it in mind.
Trying and configurating takes some time and risks to interrupt the mail process for all or some employees (it's already did) :p. I've tried pop3 beamer who seems nice at first glance. After a while there appears to be doubles of some messages. Also mail sended from inside our organisation to mailboxes that not exists in Exchange, was sended back with error delivery, instead of routing it to our ISP's smtp-server. I've configured Exchange to act that way. I don't know why pop3 beamer are disturbing this at all, but now with pop3 beamerservice uninstalled it works as before - mail to unknown mailboxes routes to our ISP's smtp.
With above you understand a little about our needs.
- And u also understand I'm not interested in POP3 Beamer as advice :-).
- That does not matter if the program costs some dollars. POP3 Beamer costs 180$ and that's fine if it would working.
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We use it at one office to connect to another ISP to retrieve email.
Because the hoster of one of our domains doesnt want to send email to machines that have another Isp.
On the backend we have Exchange 2003 SP2.
This scenario looks pretty much the same as yours thats why I posted.
Hope not to have scared you...
Because the hoster of one of our domains doesnt want to send email to machines that have another Isp.
On the backend we have Exchange 2003 SP2.
This scenario looks pretty much the same as yours thats why I posted.
Hope not to have scared you...
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Not much :)
I will await a day or two, though.
I will await a day or two, though.
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Read my blog entry on why POP3 connectors shouldn't be used.
http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2006/09/25/25.aspx
Then get your email configured to be delivered directly. You will find that Exchange is a lot happier working how it was designed.
Simon.
http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2006/09/25/25.aspx
Then get your email configured to be delivered directly. You will find that Exchange is a lot happier working how it was designed.
Simon.
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I don't need fact about not using a pop3 parser. I already telled ya. However if you help me with a catchall-box (which means NOT sending NDR's) and a easy working antispam/spamtrainer, there's only time and resources needed to configure Exchange for taking e-mail directly. I know you'dd be happy making me use Exchange for direct delivery, and that little help might do it :-).
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Maybe there is less problem (regarding my question) to continue use Microsoft POP3 Connector. POP3 Connector, compared with other solutions, may be the most reliable alternative -- and are in that way we need, the simpliest alternative until Exchange can be used for direct delivery.
I don't need fact about not using a pop3 parser. I already telled ya. However if you help me with a catchall-box (which means NOT sending NDR's) and a easy working antispam/spamtrainer, there's only time and resources needed to configure Exchange for taking e-mail directly. I know you'dd be happy making me use Exchange for direct delivery, and that little help might do it :-).
redseatechnologies and cjtraman
Maybe there is less problem (regarding my question) to continue use Microsoft POP3 Connector. POP3 Connector, compared with other solutions, may be the most reliable alternative -- and are in that way we need, the simpliest alternative until Exchange can be used for direct delivery.
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Hmm I think we keep using POP3 connector as we do today for a while. Thank's for the help..
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That was a hugh software! We're not out for replacing Microsoft Exchange, just the parser for pop3 download from our ISP. But it appears to support forwarding to an Exchange Server on same LAN, so I will take it as a advice though.