Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2006-09-07, Tim Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  
 Wouldn't you use a SMTP client to send email?

 I would, but I don't use exchange server. :)

The one exchange server I used in the past didn't accept SMTP
mail.

errr, I used to admin Exchange, if it does accept SMTP then
how could it function as a live mail server?
      
Did you mean *doesn't accept* ??
    

One presumes he did.

  
There are a couple of possibilities at least, of the top of my
head:

* The IMC / IMS (smtp connector) is located on a different
  server within its Exchange organisation, or a DMZ'ed
  exchange server that is only used for SMTP.

* The server doesn't accept SMTP from local IP ranges, only
  from external (ie inbound email)
    

I believe it was the latter.  I'm pretty sure there was only
one server.  When I first started at that company it did accept
SMTP connections on it's internal network interface.

  
Outlook / Exchange clients use MAPI, internal SMTP is only a
requirement if you have non-MAPI clients sending email through
the server.
    

And BOFH was horrified by non-MS software, so he shut off IMAP
support and SMTP support on the internal network as a way to
force everybody to switch to Outlook.

  
I did mean *doesn't accept*, sorry was in a rush...

BOFH?

lol

If he were a better op then perhaps he would be using unix based system himself and wouldn't be so discriminating... but then you can't hope for the world with windows only "techies"... although in fairness, Exchange and Outlook is a great combination...

you could always try ximian's exchange connector for evolution, I managed to get some emails with that...

but anyway, ot...


Hari Sekhon


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