On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:09:25 +0000, wicked8767 wrote: >Please excuse possibly the most noobish question about Exchange 07. We are having issues getting mail on one account to our exchange server. Our MX records are still pointing towards our online host (1and1), am I right in thinking that there are a few ways to receive mail to an exchange server. The first being to point your MX records to the IP address of the exchange server. Using SMTP is the only reliable way to deliver e-mail. >And the second being to download mail via POP to the exchange server Exchange doesn't have a POP-to-SMTP kludge. SBS does. It's not a reliable, or accurate, way to deliver e-mail. >and then have the client (outlook) connect to the server in the usual way with active directory. Once the e-mail's in the mailbox, how it gets there has no bearing on how the client software reads the messages. >Today we had an issue with this and my colleague said that we needed to change the active directory password to that set on the server/host (1and1). My thinking being, changing the AD password will have no effect on receiving email because it is the actual exchange server that is not configured correctly to download the mail to the server using POP. Exchange doesn't "download" e-mail. If you're having a problem with that SBS "POP" connector you should be asking your question in the SBS forum. >We had a connection to the exchange server just fine, but no messages going to it. If you suspect a problem with the SBS POP connector accessing the mailboxes on your ISP's e-mail system you should be working with your ISP. If it was working and then it stopped, look for changes on both sides of that connecotr -- including an expired password on either system. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi, Besides, here is SBS forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbusinessserver/threads Hope it helps. ThanksSophia Xu TechNet Community Support

Hi guys, Please excuse possibly the most noobish question about Exchange 07. We are having issues getting mail on one account to our exchange server. Our MX records are still pointing towards our online host (1and1), am I right in thinking that there are a few ways to receive mail to an exchange server. The first being to point your MX records to the IP address of the exchange server. And the second being to download mail via POP to the exchange server and then have the client (outlook) connect to the server in the usual way with active directory. Today we had an issue with this and my colleague said that we needed to change the active directory password to that set on the server/host (1and1). My thinking being, changing the AD password will have no effect on receiving email because it is the actual exchange server that is not configured correctly to download the mail to the server using POP. We had a connection to the exchange server just fine, but no messages going to it. Sending is fine but that is with SMTP and totally separate. Sorry guys I know you have much more interesting questions to answer, I'd really appreciate a reply though. Can you confirm what I have said is "correct" albeit not that technical... (exchange connector more the problem than AD)Andy

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:09:25 +0000, wicked8767 wrote: >Please excuse possibly the most noobish question about Exchange 07. We are having issues getting mail on one account to our exchange server. Our MX records are still pointing towards our online host (1and1), am I right in thinking that there are a few ways to receive mail to an exchange server. The first being to point your MX records to the IP address of the exchange server. Using SMTP is the only reliable way to deliver e-mail. >And the second being to download mail via POP to the exchange server Exchange doesn't have a POP-to-SMTP kludge. SBS does. It's not a reliable, or accurate, way to deliver e-mail. >and then have the client (outlook) connect to the server in the usual way with active directory. Once the e-mail's in the mailbox, how it gets there has no bearing on how the client software reads the messages. >Today we had an issue with this and my colleague said that we needed to change the active directory password to that set on the server/host (1and1). My thinking being, changing the AD password will have no effect on receiving email because it is the actual exchange server that is not configured correctly to download the mail to the server using POP. Exchange doesn't "download" e-mail. If you're having a problem with that SBS "POP" connector you should be asking your question in the SBS forum. >We had a connection to the exchange server just fine, but no messages going to it. If you suspect a problem with the SBS POP connector accessing the mailboxes on your ISP's e-mail system you should be working with your ISP. If it was working and then it stopped, look for changes on both sides of that connecotr -- including an expired password on either system. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi, Besides, here is SBS forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbusinessserver/threads Hope it helps. ThanksSophia Xu TechNet Community Support