Re: Exchange 5.5 POP3

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

Andy Laurence wrote:
> 
> > If you need SMTP, get SMTP set up. Much cleaner to work with and
there
> > is no "polling" for messages to cause delays.
> 
> I have SMTP setup, but my backup plan for when my server goes down is
to use
> a POP mailbox which someone kindly donated.  I have a secondary
SMTP server,
> but I need a secondary DNS to host the MX record for when my server
goes
> down - anyone willing to do an MX record of andylaurence.co.uk [20]
IPaddy?

Being on a business ISP helpdesk I have to deal with the end result of
"Internet cowboys" setting up small business server or similar
with POP
collection as a cheap way of getting several mailboxes. We inevitably
get calls from users complaining that mail goes to the wrong place, and
mr no idea about the internet but has an MCP paper or 2 tells them its
the ISPs fault ;)

The number of times it has to be explained is about 3-4 but when the
customer finally understands, its almost immediate that they either
shift to ISP side sendmail rules and multiple pop accounts, or to SMTP
collection with the additional charges of static IP and de-queueing
that
are minimal. POP is a mailbox, not a mail que. If you have several
email
addresses for seperating out mailing lists etc, it will not work
smoothly in most cases.

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