Installing and configuring windows server 2008 pop3

Everything is working very smooth until we need to start sending and receiving e-mail. Microsoft has stopped shipping this product with the version, so the POP service has only been around for one version of windows server.

The reason I believe was that it is not necessary for server environments as there are better options available for processing mail etc. Now a POP3 server is something I need to be able to keep my VPC lightweight no exchange needed , but still be able to test mail sending like alerts locally. Lucky for us the Hannes Preishuber has made an extension for windows server that makes this possible for us.

Now how do Install this? There is a small installation procedure available at that blogpost, but for me — being not so experienced in that area — it took a while to get up and running decently.

I will write down the steps I took to get it working here:. I hope this helps someone. Leave a message if I missed something or if you think something could be done better. Rest was helpful and it worked for me. Hi, great article! With Windows Server , you have the option of performing a Windows Server Core installation, which provides you with the minimum set of tools to run Windows.

With the imminent launch of Microsoft Windows Server coming on February 27, , I want to show you a feature I am fond of in this new operating system. You are provided with a kernel and a command line to manage the server. It is slim and bare bones and allows you to configure Windows concisely. This type of installation is perfect for a datacenter. I am really excited about this feature. This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic gallery and TechRepublic download.

When you first run through the installation of Windows Server , you have two options for installation. They are:. Let's move on and change the server name. The default name is a bunch of random letters and numbers and I would like to change the name to a local standard. You can view the current hostname by typing the following:.

The Scheduling option allows you to adjust the e-mail retrieval interval, which is 15 minutes by default. You can set this between every 24 hours to every 5 minutes. Events are written in the pop3service. An event will be logged in both the pop3service.

You can increase this as needed, however you must make sure that the global and mailbox size limits in Exchange are set properly as well. The following examples illustrate configurations where this will happen:. This allows you to maintain separate receive size limits between POP3 Connector email and internet email.

To install the telnet client, open an administrator command prompt and enter servermanagercmd —install telnet-client. You can review messages in this directory, and if you determine that they are legitimate, you can manually drop them in the pickup directory for submission make sure the file name ends with. Review your anti-spam agent configuration in Exchange to make necessary adjustments.