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I would like to know an alternative to POP3 email.
I am trying to help a friend with a small business. There are only 3 people in his office and they all monitor the same email accounts. In addition to this my friend has a blackberry device to monitor the emails that come in. I have been having problems in that only one Outlook client and the Blackberry seem to receive email. The other 2 outlook clients never seem to receive email. I have checked the option to leave a copy on the server but it doesnt seem to work. Can anyone suggest any answers or give me a cost effective work around. Is SBS the answer?
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SBS would allow you to control the "server" side therefore let you control the settings for deletion, and also what protocol to use.
You can in fact have SBS server pull from a single POP3 mailbox or many, then make mail forwarding decisions based on subject lines or recepient addresses.
You can in fact have SBS server pull from a single POP3 mailbox or many, then make mail forwarding decisions based on subject lines or recepient addresses.
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thanks alot guys. The general consensus appears to me IMAP so i will investigate that and then split the points if it works. leave it with me.
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i have asked the email host and they do not support IMAP. I am currently using 123-reg.co.uk - Can anyone anything rather than having to move provider? which providers of IMAP do you recommend and will they support using my own domain name?
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Well there are many providers that support IMAP. Changing provider can cause a loss of email while the transfer of DNS is done. This is usually a maximum of 2 days
Well there are many providers that support IMAP. Changing provider can cause a loss of email while the transfer of DNS is done. This is usually a maximum of 2 days
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i have made arrangements to change to IMAP. Is there anything i need to look out for regarding IMAP in general? will it handle multiple users logging onto the same mailboxes in multiple places?
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If you've made sure that both the BlackBerry and the Outlook are set to not delete from the mailbox and the mail still gets deleted, I would expect there's a server setting that causes this deletion.
There are certainly other mail transfer protocols like IMAP, but these are dependent on the server support as well. If you're having trouble with this, you may want to look into either getting a new host, or setup your own "server" to recieve and distribute the email.