Is there a way to configure email enabling in WSS 3.0 without an Exchange Server, and if so how do you achieve this? I've done some research and while a lot of it seems to indicate you need an Exchange server to mail-enable Sharepoint, some articles mention using the drop folder, or giving the farm account access to an OU in order to create new contacts from. Has anyone been able to successfully configure email enabling (incoming and outgoing) without using an Exchange Server?

Hi Nostawaynek, I've had a few difficulties in the past setting this up with MOSS but have successfully managed to set up incoming emails without exchange. The key point from memory was that I could not get the AD Directory Management service working so ended up allowing "all" users to send to documents libraries. I then restricted the IPs that could use SMTP at the firewall. Obviously this is only appropriate where you have a small number of users sending emails to the farm. HTH.Benjamin Athawes Twitter: @benjaminathawes Blog: http://mossblogger.blogspot.com Mail: mail at bathawes.com