Frankly, I consider that piss-poor engineering. I guess that's part of why I've never heard of any of those companies for hosting Exchange..
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:17 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Check with Mi8 or Intermedia. They use HOSTS file too (not LMhosts) > I think Mi8 has a special little VB app that they give to > their customers - it runs and modifies the HOSTS file to > include the name and IP address of their back-end Exchange servers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:41 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Seeing as Outlook does a wonderful job of using DNS as its > first line of > name resolution, I'd suggest a DNS entry. > > I'd be willing to wager that other hosting companies don't > use LMHosts for > their clients. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:12 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > Would you like me to give you an example? > > > > we are a hosting company. Customers connect to our Exchange > > servers from all over the world, from a variety of client OSes. > > Their machines are not members of our domain. They can't > > possibly use our WINS. > > > > What would you do to allow their PCs to resolve the short > > name of our Exchange server? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:31 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > No there aren't. There are times in which its easier than doing it a > > different way, but that doesn't mean there are times in which > > they must be > > used. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:17 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > > > > there are some situations when one must use HOSTS file. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ely, Don [mailto:dely@;TripathImaging.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:07 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > > > > Neither, use WINS and DNS, works every time... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: RBHATIA [mailto:RBHATIA@;AIIM.ORG] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:18 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > > > > Is it the LMHOSTS file or the HOSTS file ? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:RTener@;midship.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:24 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > > > > yes you should use the lmhost file on the client pc to map to > > > your exchange > > > server thats what we use here at my office and it works good. > > > If you need > > > more help dont hesitate to email me. > > > > > > rich > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: JPC [mailto:jpciocon@;hotmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:10 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > > > > Hi, folks: > > > > > > Mixed mode, currently migrating users from 5.5 to E2k. > > > Remote users have > > > Outlook 2002 on W2k Professional laptops and Alcatel > PERMIT/Client. > > > > > > These users connect via dial-up, they can access their > mailboxes and > > > send/receive no problem. When they use LinkSys router and > > > DSL, they can > > > access our network, the internet and other network resources > > > EXCEPT for > > > their mailboxes on the E2k server. Synchronization failure > > > messages are > > > related to "network problems preventing access to the > > > Exchange server" or > > > the RPC message box "retrieving data from Exchange server". These > > > eventually fail and nothing is exchanged between the client > > > and their server > > > mailbox. > > > > > > Has anyone seen this? 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