Pop 3 connector?

Question

I am sitting with a windows 2003 server where i recently installed microsoft exchange 2003. My internal e-mail works but i cant get external emails. I need a 3rd party pop 3 connector.

I am using exchange server 2003 not sbs.
"It is widely known that Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 doesn't support receiving mail through the POP3 protocol. However, in practice, it has been shown that many users find the absence of this feature inconvenient." This is a quote from a website. I am looking for a FREEWARE version pop3 connector. it must support multiple mailboxes at our ISP.

Website: http://www.softpicks.net/software/native...

Telkom is our ISP (South African)

basically what im looking for is this:

http://www.chimera.co.nz/

But it must work with multiple pop3 accounts and for exchange server 2003.

Answer 1

If you have your own Exchange server you can bag the POP all together--- why have the ISP store your mail for 30 minutes (or whatever your old connector schedule was) just so it can get forwarded to be stored on your Exchange server?

If it were my server, I'd install an SMTP connector. First, let your ISP know you're going to do this (and they're probably going to be happy because you won't be using their storage any more) and get placed on their Approved for Relay list. They will also have to tweak their MX records or routing tables depending on their configuration so that inbound mail knows to go to the ISP first, then to be relayed.

Then configure your connector:

In ESM-->Routing Groups--> create a new
connector-->SMTP.
Name it something logical (forward to ISP, pathway for external mail, etc) and choose "forward all messages to the following
smart host"- put in your ISP's smtp server there.
On "Local Bridgeheads" tab, select your server.
In the Address Space tab, type a * so it will forward mail to ALL Internet domains.
Do NOT select "allow messages to be relayed to those domains" or you'll become an Open Relay (target for spammers)

Set up the authentication in the connector's outbound security properties (check with your ISP for the settings, most of the time you're going to simply accept the defaults)

You're good to go now!

Answer 2

who is your email provider? Yahoo charges for POP3, gmail gives POP3 for free.

There is no freeware POP3 connector, sorry. POP3 is a protocol (ie. rules for information exchange) not a connector.

Answer 3

I just posted a long response to your other question on this topic, check it out as I believe it has what you are looking for. Good luck!