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Is there a reason why you are using the POP3 connector? It should only be a temporary solution for when an SBS is first installed in an office - once the initial configuration of the original SBS was setup you should have switched to direct SMTP delivery.<br />
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It would be a lot easier at this stage for you to switch to direct delivery rather than troubleshoot the POP3 connector. I can provide instructions if you wish.<br />
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-tigermatt
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we use the pop3 on most of our servers as backup - however some either have iffy broadband, had issues with spam hammering an aging server (random alias name attacks) which caused the server to crawl to a halt or are on a dynamic IP address....<br />
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however the question was not regarding SMTP direct delivery - but about the pop3 configuration file not passing passwords through - thankyou anyway
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too late - reset the passwords now!!!<br />
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But if there is a way to do this it would be rather handy!
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I am not aware of a method to do this. As I said, the POP3 connector is severely lacking in functionality, since it is not intended as a long-term solution. It doesn't surprise me you weren't able to do as you wanted with the configuration - that is just one of the many issues you get with all POP3 connectors.<br />
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-tigermatt
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And if you have issues such as unreliable Internet connections etc., you can use MX backup services - such as the one provided by No-IP or DynDNS - to act as a temporary store-and-forward, should the server go down for any length of time. The same companies can (for free) allow you to get around dynamic WAN IP addresses.<br />
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I know it seems easy to use the POP3 connector, but I've had one of my servers on Dynamic DNS SMTP direct delivery for 3 years without a hitch.<br />
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Oh - I have a dynamic IP at home and on direct delivery (using the no-ip service) - but im sure im loosing emails, cant be 100% sure though, thats even with a MX backup to my hosts mail server.<br />
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Even with direct delivery, we still have a pop3 backup downloading to the server and will still need to transfer the file across so which ever solution i go for - the question really was to help migrate the settings from one server to another which ever method of email delivery we use!
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Hello,<br />
I have finished setting up a new 2003SBS box for one of our clients... one thing thats bugging me though is the pop3 connector configuration files...<br />
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I can just call the guys who host the emails to change the passwords on Monday however I would really like to resolve this without going through them (there are a lot of passwords that will need changing!!)<br />
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Long story short, swung AD, exchange..... over to the new server (going from 2003SBS to 2003SBS...) and all running fine. &nbsp; Copied over the IMBData.dat and IMBData.bak files over to the new server with pop3 connector service stopped as advised. &nbsp;Once done  started the service <br />
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great - looks like its all there - however when it tries to connect - it moans about the passwords not been right and fails to download any email...<br />
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I tried it a few times but no joy...<br />
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AS far as I can see  all the pop3 details look fine  it just looks like the password is not transferring over.<br />
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any advice would be grateful <br />
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Steve<br />

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Hello,
I have finished setting up a new 2003SBS box for one of our clients... one thing thats bugging me though is the pop3 connector configuration files...

I can just call the guys who host the emails to change the passwords on Monday however I would really like to resolve this without going through them (there are a lot of passwords that will need changing!!)

Long story short, swung AD, exchange..... over to the new server (going from 2003SBS to 2003SBS...) and all running fine.   Copied over the IMBData.dat and IMBData.bak files over to the new server with pop3 connector service stopped as advised.  Once done  started the service 

great - looks like its all there - however when it tries to connect - it moans about the passwords not been right and fails to download any email...

I tried it a few times but no joy...

AS far as I can see  all the pop3 details look fine  it just looks like the password is not transferring over.

any advice would be grateful 

Steve


MS Exchange 2003 POP3 connector migration

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.