Tony, The Swynk Exchange list has a whole chapter on WHY NOT TO USE POP3 in their FAQ - built by people who know. In fact, I've used info from the FAQ as grounds for supporting an argument many times... it is a great place to get all the know-how.
Bottom line - if you want to have backups (and effective ones at that) of your company's mail, do not use POP3 for the client. They can/will password protect them, rendering them useless; they can/will accidentally delete their *.pst containing their history of mail and come looking for the non-existent back up; etc, etc, etc. Exchange running SMTP is the only way to go as far as I am concerned - even in the move from 5.5 to 2K. If I can help any more, I'm glad to. That's what I like about this list - so many willing, intelligent, 'been there before' people that are happy to share the info. My $0.02 (inc GST). themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Valiantis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 11:55 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Arguments against POP3 > > > We are migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000. As part > of this, we > have provided OWA for our remote users. > > Almost everyone is happy with this except a few PITA users who are > whinging about losing the POP3 we used to provide on Exchange 5.5 > > I don't want to provide POP3 as I would like to close that > port and not > offer the service, but I am looking for some valid arguments > that I can > use to argue against higher management when these users go complaining > to them. > > Can anyone provide me with something I can use to build a case against > POP3 access. > > Thanks, > > Tony. > > > Tony Valiantis > Project Coordinator > Systems Engineering Group > UNiTAB Ltd. > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
