Do you have a firewall? You would need to open up various ports on it to allow direct access to Exchange from another network. The ports required for the various MAPI/NetBIOS/etc. operations (from Outlook) are different from those required for SMTP (which is server-to-server and has nothing to do with client access) or OWA (which is vanilla http).
Having said all that, it would be a Very Bad Thing to open up those ports. Do not do it. It would invite the entire Internet into your NT domain. I'd start looking into setting up a VPN to allow broadband employees safely into your network. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Reetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: server access > > > newbie question... > we have a user that wants to install outlook 2000 on their > home machine & > access our exchange server using his road runner connection > instead of the > dial-up into the network. It fails, can't find the server. > He can telnet > to port 25, however. So, it appears you have to be connected > to the LAN to > be able to find the server through outlook. OWA works fine. > is this normal? necessary operation of exchange server? network > configuration? his machine? > All I have access to is my exchange server, so, I just need > some direction > on where the problem might be, if it even is a problem...my > exchange server, > the network, or the guy's computer. > > 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]
