I've been asked to get OWA operational on this SBS 2000 server. I've set up OWA dozens of times with SBS 2003 but I'm not sure I've ever done it with 2000, at least not in years.
I'm being told this client is POP-ing their ISP mailbox from the workstations with Outlook but then "saving" their email in their Exchange mailboxes. So it appears they're using Exchange for storage but not using Exchange for transport. I have yet to see one of these workstations to see how this is set up.
So I'm working on getting OWA operation and so far I can't get the web page to show up. I just got Certificate services installed but it's still not happening. But my question is simply this: can OWA work if there is, for example, no POP connector configured in Exchange? This one's got me stumped. Thanks!
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I could not agree with you more. I generally always take charge and set my clients straight and encourage pro-active, long-term thinking administration, just the way I am. Unfortunately my hands are tied to some extent with this particualr gig I've got with these existing network nightmares and SMB's trying to squeeze 10 years out of an O/S... on a server no less! I try to politely point out to them that we are in the Information Age now... please refrain from using Industrial Age thinking and assumptions. The days of "we built it and this is how it works and this is the way it will be forever... or at least for the rest of your life" are gone. Change.... it's what's for dinner. Reminds me of another phrase I invented today (no kidding):
Freedom.... it's better than BBQ.
Alright... so I thought it was catchy. Anyway, this, screwed-up request is all too common with many clients of this 9-5 company for whom I work right now. I'm finding that these guys apparently have set up several servers and I don't think they've even taken one MCSE class. I'll let your experienced imagination imagine the sort of fun that has brought my way since joining these guys... Ah, the real world..... give me the classroom any day when it comes to computers...
But I knew this one would get someone riled up when I posted it. I couldn't believe it when my boss told me they set this client's email up this way. He is always looking for the easy route.... and please don't make me talk about his password habits....