Re: Bad E-mail setup in office. I need advice
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On 02/11/08 06:48, Mihira Fernando wrote:
> Dawn Light wrote:
>> An inefficient E-mail setup in a small office needs to be replaced
>> with a better solution. I ask for your wise advice.
>>
[snip]
>>
>> Any suggestions and comments about anything, including the phrasing of
>> this message, are welcome and your help will be accepted with gratitude.
>>
>
> If ISP offers IMAP, configure mail clients all work stations to use IMAP
> to access the email box at the ISP.
An idea, but no business in it's right mind wants to leave email out
of it's control.
> If no IMAP is offered, next easiest to do is to enable the "keep mail on
> server" option in the POP3 settings and configure all work stations to
> use POP3. In ALL works stations enable the "Keep mail on server" option.
Oh puh-leeze.
There's a *reason* POP is the *Post Office* Protocol. Do people
with snail mail post office boxes leave their mail in their P.O.
box? No. They grab it and bring it home/to the office.
> Otherwise a local mail server is the solution but it is a bit more
> complex than the above two methods.
>
> Mihira.
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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