> >we had a very UNtechnical client runing this way very successfully. > >Exchange for internal collab stuff > >Maybe they were untechnical, but who did their support? Either their >collaboration functionality was hampered by the setup
never heard that. the guy doing internal support wasn't that great. >or somebody >tweaked each user's MAPI profile from the default to make it work. afaik, all was done in the multiple mailbox setup. one exchange mailbox for internal, one imail box for external. >No such thing as personalities in Outlook, though, so they must have >been super-smart to make that work ;). Personalities are only in OE. whatever multiple mail accounts are called in Outlook.... > >Even when somebody sent mail to an internal user but using the user's > >public email address, the mail still arrived. > >Sure it did, it just went out to Imail, where all of the accounts were >synchronized *by hand* with the Exchange database. there were only 25 users doing, not 1000's, and the churn was manageable. > And when they sent >using Exchange internally, they had a different set of logfiles that >they'd have to massage in to get an idea of their overall usage. the system worked as they required, they had no need to look at exchange log files. > I >don't like to work this way, I don't know about you. I don't even look at Imail logs anymore, only IMGate logs. >Also, how do you propose that users would be able to read all-internal >mail from the Imail server, if it never gets there? I didn't propose that. while "outside" they can't read their intranet mailbox (that's their own policy decision) but they can access their external mailbox on imail, AND send mail to external Imail mailboxes of their internal people. Policy blocks them from "collaborating" via Exchange while they are outside. > >in the DMZ, you could set up a webmail server that read POP or IMAP > >boxes on the exchange box. the strict firewall would allow ONLY the > >DMZ webmail server through, which would be a tiny, simple allowance > >by the firewall. > >I thought this was what we were talking about at the very beginning, >when I mentioned WorldClient and you suggested an open-source app. It >would also allow people to actually read ALL of their mail, because >the only place that's getting ALL of their mail is gonna be inside. ok, then we agree. :)) Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
