Check with your firewall vendor if they have a vpn add-on. Most do. /Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: RE: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question)
> Greetings All, > > If this is getting OT, I am sure you will let me know real fast. > > Regarding this VPN stuff - I understand completely, the concepts > behind it - now I need to implement it. This doesn't necessarily > need to be hardware related does it? > > Can't I simply install some software on the Clients and the Server > that allows them to login to the server, and begin an encrypted > session? This is getting a little beyond my expertise. > > What kind of products are you all using to accomplish this > complicated task? I remember in the past when PPTP came out > from Microsoft, but have not heard much about it lately. > > Thanks again everyone, you are all lifesavers! > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael > Anderson > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:12 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question) > > > AWESOME! - > > That's precisely the answer I was looking for. > > This list is awesome :) > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:59 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question) > > > We have 60+ salesmen and engineers who connect via 56K modem dial up while > on the road to access their email with Outlook/Exchange through a VPN... > Everything works well, though a bit slowly at times, but not so slow as to > be unusable or unbearable. > > You can do away with IMAP completely if you like... Outlook allows you to > create an Offline Folder file, which is a local copy of the information > stored on the Exchange server... With the offline folder file, users can > continue to work with Outlook and maintain full functionality whether > they're connected or not and will automatically synchronize (send, receive > mail, update calendar, contacts, tasks, etc) whenever they are connected... > > Look in the help files for Outlook for help setting up Offline Access... > There's also plenty of info at Microsoft and other sites that explain how to > set this up and use it (it's pretty simple).... > > Joe Pochedley > "I like deadlines," > cartoonist Scott Adams once said. > "I especially like the whooshing > sound they make as they fly by." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:26 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Need advice from the Gurus (mobile users question) > > > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
