Chris - Thanks for the input. The search was most informative and it is nice to know that I am not the only schmuck out there wanting to try this.
One more question if I may. My workgroup is probably never going to exceed 20 computers. If this doesn't work, what do you suggest that I move to? Thanks again for the help! Sincerely, Mike Conner Chris Scharff wrote: > Um... Well, erm... Will it transfer? Yes. Is it supported? No.[1] > > Do a search at www.deja.com for WGPO and Windows 2000 and you might find > some comments on the subject from the Outlook MVPs. I've not kept up on > their research in this area as WGPO and Outlook isn't really something I > use. > > [1] Not supported on W2K and no longer supported in general. > > Chris > -- > Chris Scharff > Senior Sales Engineer > MessageOne > If you can't measure, you can't manage! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:38 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Questions (Windows 2000 > > Pro compatibility) > > > > > > Martin - > > > > Thanks for the response. You are probably right and we > > probably are using Microsoft Mail. I'm afraid that I am > > ignorant enough to not know the difference. I was under the > > impression that this was some sort of version of Exchange > > 5.0, but I may be wrong. > > > > Any idea if this will transfer to Windows 2000 pro? If not, > > what do you recommend that I look at for upgrading the > > system? We could all go to external e-mail accounts, but I > > would prefer to keep our inter-office mail internal if there > > is a simple way to do it. > > > > Again, thanks for your help. > > > > Martin Blackstone wrote: > > > > > Are you sure you are not using Microsoft Mail? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:10 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Questions (Windows 2000 Pro > > > compatibility) > > > > > > I am fairly new to the world of Exchange and my business is simply > > > using the version of Exchange that was buried on the > > Win98se disk. We > > > are really complicated here: We set up a Post Office on the server > > > and we all send messages to each other and transfer files via > > > attachment. It is simple, but for the 12 or so folks that we have > > > here, it works great. > > > > > > The problem is that we are looking to upgrade our server > > and are going > > > to go with Windows 2000 Pro for the operating system. My > > question is > > > this: > > > > > > Can you simply install the Exchange 5.0 that came on the > > Win98se disks > > > onto a Windows 2000 Pro platform and use our post office as > > we have in > > > the past, or are we going to have to purchase a different > > version of > > > Exchange Server? > > > > > > Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly > > appreciated. Thanks! > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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]
