Internal Emails to Remote Worker
I have a Small Business Server 2008 with the majority of users working within the office.
However, I have a couple of users who have laptops and receive their emails directly to their laptops via POP3 accounts (the server uses POP3 Connector to receive emails).
The Remote users do logon using a VPN to access files so they have a user logon to the Server. By default they also have a mailbox in SBS.
The problem is that when somebody inside the office, connected to the Server, sends an email to the remote user the email fails to reach as I presume it goes into the mailbox on the server.
Therefore I have 2 questions:
1. Can I delete / remove the mailbox for the remote user? If so How
2. If the user then has no mailbox how do I force the emails being sent to them by the internal users to leave the office?
Thanks
However, I have a couple of users who have laptops and receive their emails directly to their laptops via POP3 accounts (the server uses POP3 Connector to receive emails).
The Remote users do logon using a VPN to access files so they have a user logon to the Server. By default they also have a mailbox in SBS.
The problem is that when somebody inside the office, connected to the Server, sends an email to the remote user the email fails to reach as I presume it goes into the mailbox on the server.
Therefore I have 2 questions:
1. Can I delete / remove the mailbox for the remote user? If so How
2. If the user then has no mailbox how do I force the emails being sent to them by the internal users to leave the office?
Thanks
Are the POP3 accounts and the mailboxes hosted on your server both using the same email address?
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In answer to both of the above:
The external user can send emails to the internal user. Remote users cna send emails between themselves.
The laptops have local pst files and collect emails form the hosting server. So even if they are connected via the VPN their emails are only on their laptops.
All emails are on a hosted system (1and1) and the server collects via POP3 connector and the laptops via pop3 in outlook
The external user can send emails to the internal user. Remote users cna send emails between themselves.
The laptops have local pst files and collect emails form the hosting server. So even if they are connected via the VPN their emails are only on their laptops.
All emails are on a hosted system (1and1) and the server collects via POP3 connector and the laptops via pop3 in outlook
What I would do, aside from converting the SBS from pop3 to SMTP as it works better, is:
Create an account on the SBS for the remote users, bring their mail to the Exchange server and have them use Outlook Anywhere for corporate mail. As a poor second have them pop the Exchange server instead of the host.
As a poor third you can create an alais on the SBS and have their corporate email forwarded to their hotmail.com or outlook.com accounts.
Create an account on the SBS for the remote users, bring their mail to the Exchange server and have them use Outlook Anywhere for corporate mail. As a poor second have them pop the Exchange server instead of the host.
As a poor third you can create an alais on the SBS and have their corporate email forwarded to their hotmail.com or outlook.com accounts.
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Hi
I am sorry but in SB Server 2003 when his happened it was possible to go to "Default Recipient Policy" and change the properties so the server did not think it was responsible for the whole of the @domain.com. Thgis was done by setting it to Non-Authoritative.
This in conjunction with the user not having a mailbox allowed emails to be sent to remote users.
I need to know if this is possible to do in SBServer 2008 & 2011
Thanks
I am sorry but in SB Server 2003 when his happened it was possible to go to "Default Recipient Policy" and change the properties so the server did not think it was responsible for the whole of the @domain.com. Thgis was done by setting it to Non-Authoritative.
This in conjunction with the user not having a mailbox allowed emails to be sent to remote users.
I need to know if this is possible to do in SBServer 2008 & 2011
Thanks
Well I'm a bit lost by what you've said just now, but in answer to these questions:
Therefore I have 2 questions:
1. Can I delete / remove the mailbox for the remote user? If so How
You can mark the user's mailbox for deletion in Exchange Management Console. They don't have to have a mailbox associated with them.
2. If the user then has no mailbox how do I force the emails being sent to them by the internal users to leave the office?
You might have to set up a send connector to route all emails for the 1and1 accounts to a smart host, that being the 1and1 email server. I'm sure one of the more experienced guys will correct me if I am wrong.
Therefore I have 2 questions:
1. Can I delete / remove the mailbox for the remote user? If so How
You can mark the user's mailbox for deletion in Exchange Management Console. They don't have to have a mailbox associated with them.
2. If the user then has no mailbox how do I force the emails being sent to them by the internal users to leave the office?
You might have to set up a send connector to route all emails for the 1and1 accounts to a smart host, that being the 1and1 email server. I'm sure one of the more experienced guys will correct me if I am wrong.
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Set the server to collect from 1and1 and then the laptops use POP3 to collect from the server. Not ideal but for what they needed it was the best solution
Can the remote user sent email to the local users?
Can another remote user send to other remote users?
When users logon to your server using VPN they are just like the local users they just are in a remote location.
They can access all the shares on the local lan printers etc,
What email system are you using?