RE: Microsoft Exchange Server Connection

["Snyder, Hal" <hal_snyder@sdsi.com>]

Quick answer to the email part:

If the admins haven't blocked POP, you may be able to
point fetchmail at the POP port on the Exchange Server
and move or copy your files to a BSD system. Run
sendmail or postfix on the OpenBSD box to catch the
mail.

I am in a similar situation except to add insult to
injury, setting up the Exchange Server was one of my
first assignments. It is six months since then and I
am still recovering from the brain damage incurred.

We run our Exchange Server (about 120 users) on a fancy
new Compaq rack mount box (cost lots of $$$ to keep the
suits in MIS happy), so it only takes 2 minutes from
initial POP3 connection until it downloads the first
2Kbyte message.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Pelaez [mailto:labalp@hex.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 1:09 PM
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Microsoft Exchange Server Connection
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> At my place of business they are unfortunately
> running a Windows NT 4.0 tcp/ip network
> including Exchange Server.  My client pc is running
> NT workstation. I am tired of the unexpected
> lockups of NT. What I need to do is login to the
> domain and retrieve my mail from the Exchange
> server. They don't have remote retrieval setup to
> retrieve mail outside of the domain. I also need to
> run a daily activity program in MS Access. Are there
> any possible solutions with OpenBSD 2.5 to make
> this happen.
> 
> Regards,
> Tony
> 
>