POP3 question 1

[oracleSQLdba]

Does server 2003 come with a built in POP3 mail server?

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

POP 3 mail server... Nope.
You would have to use a third party program or Exchange.

 

[pagy]

Windows 2003 does come with a POP3 service. Add/remove programs - Add/remove windows components - email services.

How many users are you going to have using POP3 email??


Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[SDPT]

on windows 2K3 the pop3 service it is deactivated by default..

START/RUN
Services.msc


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[oracleSQLdba]

Paul/Pagy

10 users. I looked it up in the help system and found what you said. I didn't spend a lot of time with it. Is it hard to set up mailboxes and administer?

Thanks.

 

[58sniper]

I believe the POP3 service is installed with Exchange - not with the OS.

oracleSQLdba - that all depends. Your question is too vague. How many users? Distribution lists? How much mail? How will people be accessing it? Just POP3? MAPI? IMAP? RPC? Webmail? Support for mobile devices? What about messaging hygiene - spam and AV control? Resource management? Disaster recovery?

Many things to take into consideration when developing an email solution.

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Want to know how email works? Read for yourself -

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Oracle stated a "POP3 Mail Server." So I am confused... I'm going to stay with my first answer and say the you need a Mail server like Exchange... (agree with sniper).

Throwing me for a loop is what pagy stated "Windows 2003 does come with a POP3 service. Add/remove programs - Add/remove windows components - email services."
This is true but the Desription of the service is: The POP3 service provides e-mail "retrieval" services. This sounds more like a client then a server soltuion.

 

[pagy]

It is a POP3 server that can be used with W2K3 with no Exchange, you can have mailboxes that then pick up mail by POP3.

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_POP3_Service.html

My wording wasn't the best on my initial post, apaologies for that.
For 10 users the VERY basic POP3 server might be OK but I would look at 58sniper's questions carefully and decide if Exchange might be a better option.

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Thanks for the link pagy...

 

[oracleSQLdba]

pagy it looks like you're the winner with the most useful/correct post. I didn't ask about dist. lists, etc. because I wasn't interested.... I'm old enough to actually remember pop3 and that's exactly what my customer wants.