Would you like me to give you an example? we are a hosting company. Customers connect to our Exchange servers from all over the world, from a variety of client OSes. Their machines are not members of our domain. They can't possibly use our WINS.
What would you do to allow their PCs to resolve the short name of our Exchange server? -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:31 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook No there aren't. There are times in which its easier than doing it a different way, but that doesn't mean there are times in which they must be used. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:17 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > there are some situations when one must use HOSTS file. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ely, Don [mailto:dely@;TripathImaging.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:07 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Neither, use WINS and DNS, works every time... > > -----Original Message----- > From: RBHATIA [mailto:RBHATIA@;AIIM.ORG] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Is it the LMHOSTS file or the HOSTS file ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:RTener@;midship.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:24 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > yes you should use the lmhost file on the client pc to map to > your exchange > server thats what we use here at my office and it works good. > If you need > more help dont hesitate to email me. > > rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: JPC [mailto:jpciocon@;hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:10 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Hi, folks: > > Mixed mode, currently migrating users from 5.5 to E2k. > Remote users have > Outlook 2002 on W2k Professional laptops and Alcatel PERMIT/Client. > > These users connect via dial-up, they can access their mailboxes and > send/receive no problem. When they use LinkSys router and > DSL, they can > access our network, the internet and other network resources > EXCEPT for > their mailboxes on the E2k server. Synchronization failure > messages are > related to "network problems preventing access to the > Exchange server" or > the RPC message box "retrieving data from Exchange server". These > eventually fail and nothing is exchanged between the client > and their server > mailbox. > > Has anyone seen this? If so, what tips would you suggest? > > Thanks very much. > -Juancho > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
