Unless your on a flight with wireless Internet access, that laptop would be just as useful for e-mail whether your using MAPI, POP3 or Terminal... There are certainly ways to work offline regardless of the type of connection you use when your online.
Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:14 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Port 135 and Exchange Issue Other than offline mail, there really is no difference. I dont know too many laptop users who have a TS or Citrix client installed and nothing else. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Blackstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:08 AM Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > But now that nice laptop you use to do your work on a plane or when you are > offline is just a terminal, and you have no offline mail or anything.... > > I'm not saying TS doesn't have its place, I'm just mentioning that for > someone who is used to taking their office with them may not appreciate > those changes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:49 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > >From within Citrix, its simply a matter of copying over the file you need to > work on to your local drive on the laptop. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > > Makes laptop use a little tough though. > > > > > From: "Hague, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:23:15 -0400 > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > > > > Definitely more costly but it really works well. The setup and > configuration > > > aspects alone (client-side anyway) are much simpler and the performance > is > > > probably much better than a straight VPN solution. I think if you look > it at > > > all the factors there is a positive "ROI". > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:43 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > > > > > > > That's certainly an option, but a much more costly one IMHO. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hague, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:43 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > > > > Have you considered Terminal Server or (better yet) Citrix? This works > > > wonders for us - full Outlook & Exchange as well as all the other apps > we > > > run. We only have a dozen or so users so far but my understanding is > that > > > Terminal by itself on one decent server (dual Xeon 2.0GHz/1.5GB RAM) is > fine > > > for 20 or so clients simultaneously. Beyond that, Citrix on top of > Terminal > > > is the way to go. Citrix also provides better support for local > printers, > > > sound cards, etc plus a host of additional functionality. Either 1 > requires > > > only a single port through the firewall which hasnt been blocked by any > ISPs > > > (yet?) and the traffic is already encrypted although I dont imagine its > as > > > "tight" as most VPN solutions. The other thing we found so convenient is > the > > > "Advanced" Terminal client which is simply a web page that loads the > client > > > software through an ActiveX control in an IE session. The directions to > get > > > our clients set up was litterally "go to wwww.whatever.com and follow > the > > > instructions". There is some work to do getting the apps set up properly > but > > > common apps like Outlook, Word and Excel are very well documented. > Getting > > > our custom apps running wasnt near as difficult as I had expected > either. > > > The big trick for us is handling profiles because some of our clients > can > > > not have access to certain apps that other clients need so we had to > modify > > > some profiles manually but with so few clients it hasnt been a big deal. > > > > > > Jeff Hague > > > MCSE > > > Network Manager > > > Randolph-Macon College > > > Ashland, VA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 3:18 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > > > > > > > We are trying to recover from ISPs closing down port 135. We have an > > > dedicated Exchange Server at a hosting company. 20 of our 23 people > > > scattered around the country can not use the full functionality of > > > Outlook/Exchange because of this problem. > > > > > > We are a classic case study of how a company has suceeded in business by > > > using most of the functionality of Outlook/Exchange. We built our 3 > year > > > old company's communications, task management, and database using the > > > Exchange Platform, including extensive use of custom 'forms' that track > > > hundreds of tasks and our workflow. > > > > > > The ISP's closing out port 135 has brought us to our knees. We are > > > scambling just trying to stay on schedule with our committments to our > > > clients. > > > > > > I have no hope that the ISPs will turn open up 135 again, so I also need > an > > > alternative way to connect to the *full* functionality we had before, > or be > > > forced to migrate completely off exchange and rebuild our entire > > > infrastructure using another platform. > > > > > > We have tried to implement a VPN solution, but now realize that unless > we > > > run the connection on our client and have a full internet connection at > the > > > same time, this will not work for us. We do not know how to do this. > We > > > must have full access to the internet and exchange at the same time > because > > > of the nature of our service we provide. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Hank > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
