Allowing employees to POP personal mail? Hmmm I didn't see that in the question but it's als a bad idea...
> > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:46 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > I believe the question here was specifically whether to allow > internal POP > clients to pull their mail (personal, presumably) from > outside sources. To > that, I would agree it is a very poor idea to allow that. > > As to whether to allow POP usage from outside, I would also agree that > allowing it is a poor idea, but there are ways to make it not > so poor. Even > though it is primative, POP is still a protocol that is necessary for > clients running on non-Windows platforms. You can configure > Exchange 2000 > to support only POP with SSL, somewhat reducing the vulnerability, or, > better yet, allow it only through a VPN. Still, I would be > encouraging such > users to try to use IMAP instead, but it is not without its > risks as well. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Sojka > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:09 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: POP = Bad? -- SMTP = Good? > > > Mmmm. Man hours. > > Presumably since you are posting to an Exchange list, you are running > Exchange. If you just want a POP server you have wasted your money. > > If remote access is an issue, set up OWA. If virusesiises > are an issue, run > AV software on your Exchange boxes. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joshua R. Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:58 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > I agree with you from a Security Standpoint that POP has > > certain risks, > > but maybe a better topic for management is the additional > headache POP > > is from a support standpoint.. Imagine if you will a > > Marketing person > > gets a new machine at home, this person sets up outlook to > > download via > > POP3, instead of choosing to leave the messages on the > server they opt > > to download everything and remove (could be a simple > mistake) however > > when they come into work the next day all their email is > gone. Now you > > could restore from backup which = man-hours or you could > have the guy > > bring in his machine and copy all the data from it which = > man hours. > > However if you are running Exchange this Marketing guy could have > > accessed via OWA or VPN, or even if you were not using > Exchange VPN or > > some 3rd Party web tool.. > > > > > > In other words Pop = Bad > > > > > > Joshua > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joshua Morgan > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:52 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: POP = Bad? -- SMTP = Good? > > > > > > List, > > > > This might be more appropriate for a firewall/security list but it > > involves email and I don't belong to one of those yet so > I'll post my > > question here. I'm curious as to how many of your companies allow > > internal clients to access POP mail externally. The reason > I'm asking > > is because I see POP mail as security risk. Let me explain. Our > > firewall strips all but a few attachments from our incoming SMTP > > email. With POP however attachments cannot be striped > leaving a hole > > for new virus that aren't detectable yet by our virus > software. I'm > > going to try to talk management into letting me block POP. Is > > blocking incoming > > POP something other company do? Is there some other way to secure > > incoming POP mail? > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > ext_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&t > > ext_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&t > ext_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&t > ext_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]
