Okay - I like the VPN route - and use Outlook 2000 as it was intended.
BUT, what kind of Network Overhead is involved - when connecting remotely over a potentially slow connection? Will it take forever for folders to come up, especially if they are unusually large? Also, if the client cannot connect for some reason (which has been happening A LOT lately - due to massive service problems), what is the best solution to still have your old e-mail inside of Outlook? I was thinking this would be where IMAP really comes into it's own - because you can still keep your mail local, and on the server too - and when the connection comes back up, you just resynchronize everything - and you are good to go. Thanks for your continued responses, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:46 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question) Get rid of POP IMAP could work OWA is great Best: Get a VPN and use the regular Exch/OL combo. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:30 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question) Hello, Our present scenario is the following: Corporate users, that have a PC on their desk. These users, *may* travel to another location in which they will use a PC sitting on someone else's desk. And about half of these employees will have a laptop - in which they work from home, and travel on the road. Either way, they need to have access to all new mail that comes in, in addition to all their old mail, so they can always have the ability to refer to any old messages. In all of these cases, they need access to their e-mail. Before we installed our Exchange Server, we were using POP3 access exclusively and as we all know, POP3 clients typically pull their mail from the server, when retrieving their messages. Yes, you CAN set things up to leave their mail on the server, but things get funny once in a while, and their mail clients lose track of what messages they have already retrieved from the server, versus which ones they already have on their hard drive. (so sometimes, they have like a 1,000 new messages, when in reality they only have a few new ones) I am sick of dealing with that problem - because it happens way too often. Also, some people accidentally leave their machines on when they go home at night. All just to go home and find out that they have no new messages - because their office PC steals all their e-mail. We just migrated our users from Ipswitch's IMail server, to our new Exchange Box - and the above reasons are why we decided to do this. I am very impressed with Exchange Server - although it is quite complex, I believe it's the answer to all our problems. NOW this is where I need your help. I was thinking about doing the following: Get rid of POP3 altogether, and use IMAP from now on. This way, the laptop users can still take all their mail with them when they travel and still have their old mail they can refer to if they are unable to get online to connect to the server. I believe IMAP allows you to synchronize your local mail with the mail on the server correct? Also, for corporate users with their own laptop OR those that only have access to a public terminal - I was thinking that they could use OWA to handle all of their e-mail issues. And the fact that all mail remains on the server at all times, no matter which method the employees use to get their e-mail, the mail will always be there for them. So bottom line is - IMAP and OWA correct? Are there any other suggestions that anybody can offer to help tackle this problem? Thanks in advance - and sorry for the long post, Mike _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
