Microsoft didn't come with their own POP3 connector, they bought/licensed someone else's. Whose is an exercise to the reader, but POP3 connectors in general are still limited technological solutions with a number of holes based on what it is they are trying to achieve.
On 1/20/03 13:36, "B. van Ouwerkerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of my customers thought they were smart and bought Popbeamer. They got a fixed IP and everything needed to use SMTP e-mail.. Popbeamear seems to work pretty well for them. No reports of lost email.. Before MS came with their own POP3 connector for NT SBS there was a product from (IIRC) Examplar software who created a POP3 connector for Exchange. That was a well known and pretty good product.. Don't even know if those guys still exist.. --B. At 09:55 20-01-2003 -0500, you wrote: >Oh goodness, I hope you have asbestos undies on! POP3 connectors are >generally considered the spawn of Satan in these circles. Don't let the >flames get you down, there are limited cases where a POP3 connector can >work well (such as mine: one-to-one mailboxes, no fixed IP address). > >I don't think there is any legal or supported way to get SBS's POP3 >connector, and even if there was, you wouldn't want it. It apparently >doesn't undergo any QA testing at Microsoft (Latest SBS SP fixes a bug >in the POP3 connecter that causes random people to start completely >LOSING their POP3 mail if you have more than 10 POP3 connections >defined. Of course, one of those "random" people would have to be the >president of the company that I put SBS in... ) > >That said, there are various POP3 connectors out there, most widely used >of which is probably fetchmail. Do a search on fetchmail and win32, and >you will find various win32 ports - I even remember seeing one that ran >as a service. > >If you aren't afraid to write some code, Perl has modules for the POP3 >and SMTP parts of the problem. If SP3 doesn't straighten out my client's >POP3, I'm going to write a custom perl program to do the job. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Clishe, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:21 PM >To: Exchange Discussions >Subject: Need recommendation for 3rd party Exchange 2000 POP3 Connectors > > >Does anyone have any experience with any of the 3rd party Exchange 2000 >POP3 connectors? Or better yet, is there a way to install the SBS POP3 >Connector on a non-SBS box? > > >J a s o n C l i s h e >Senior Network Engineer >Analysts International, Sequoia Services Group > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Direct: (248) 371-3542 >Mobile: (248) 891-8780 > > >_________________________________________________________________ >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]
