I have a problem that involves SBS2003, Exchange Server and POP3 mail.
Brand new installation, all patches and SP applied.
Currently using POP3 from ISP until domain name based accounts can be set
up, and will need to continue it for several months until all clients are
converted to new email addresses.

Outgoing email works fine (forwarded to host).
POP3 retrieval works, and appears to deliver the messages to the appropriate
mailboxes.
The event log has no errors. Shows opening the pop3 accounts, downloading,
and delivering, then closing out.
I can go into message tracking and search for and pull up messages for any
given user. They're all there w/ dates, times, who from, etc.).
Of course, I can't read the emails - just know that they are there. And
that's one of my questions: is there any way to actually read these emails?
When I try to retrieve these emails via Outlook 2003 (SP3, all patches), it
finds nothing there. I have tried reconfiguring Outlook settings (removing
the Exchange account, rebooting, adding the Exchange account again). All
that did was to delete all the cached info on the local workstation and give
me a blank account. I definitely have the correct login/passwords on the
Exchange accounts.

On day 1, the email was actually working, then stopped on day 2 for no known
reason. ie: absolutely no changes to Exchange or POP3 settings. Only change
that day was to install Kaspersky's Enterprise Space Security, which appears
to be functioning correctly.

So my questions are:
Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
Outlook?
Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
Kaspersky problem?
Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would help?
Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
Even without an answer, any ideas on direction for troubleshooting would be
greatly appreciated.

Re: Exchange mailboxes cannot be retrieved by Outlook by Merv

Merv
Tue May 06 16:16:18 PDT 2008

Hi Amanda,

Make sure your antivirus program is set up to NOT scan the follwoing files
and folders (either real time or scheduled):

Folders
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server\Networking\POP3\Incoming mail
C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr
C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv
C:\Windows\system32\lls

Files
C:\pagefile.sys
C:\windows\system32\licstr.cpa

This assumes that you haven't moved the Exchange stuff to a different
partition. These represent a minimum "don't scan" list, but should keep you
out of trouble.
--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================
"Amanda Cannon" <AmandaCannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6C860C8-DC39-47CF-8D51-F4092A078217@microsoft.com...

>I have a problem that involves SBS2003, Exchange Server and POP3 mail.
> Brand new installation, all patches and SP applied.
> Currently using POP3 from ISP until domain name based accounts can be set
> up, and will need to continue it for several months until all clients are
> converted to new email addresses.
>
> Outgoing email works fine (forwarded to host).
> POP3 retrieval works, and appears to deliver the messages to the
> appropriate
> mailboxes.
> The event log has no errors. Shows opening the pop3 accounts,
> downloading,
> and delivering, then closing out.
> I can go into message tracking and search for and pull up messages for any
> given user. They're all there w/ dates, times, who from, etc.).
> Of course, I can't read the emails - just know that they are there. And
> that's one of my questions: is there any way to actually read these
> emails?
> When I try to retrieve these emails via Outlook 2003 (SP3, all patches),
> it
> finds nothing there. I have tried reconfiguring Outlook settings
> (removing
> the Exchange account, rebooting, adding the Exchange account again). All
> that did was to delete all the cached info on the local workstation and
> give
> me a blank account. I definitely have the correct login/passwords on the
> Exchange accounts.
>
> On day 1, the email was actually working, then stopped on day 2 for no
> known
> reason. ie: absolutely no changes to Exchange or POP3 settings. Only
> change
> that day was to install Kaspersky's Enterprise Space Security, which
> appears
> to be functioning correctly.
>
> So my questions are:
> Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
> Outlook?
> Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
> Kaspersky problem?
> Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would
> help?
> Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
> Even without an answer, any ideas on direction for troubleshooting would
> be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>



Re: Exchange mailboxes cannot be retrieved by Outlook by AmandaCannon

AmandaCannon
Tue May 06 17:21:01 PDT 2008

Thanks for the input. I did select the "exclude files and folders Microsoft
recommends" option, but don't remember all of these. Won't be able to check
until morning, but will do it 1st thing then and let you know.
Amanda

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Amanda,
>
> Make sure your antivirus program is set up to NOT scan the follwoing files
> and folders (either real time or scheduled):
>
> Folders
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business
> Server\Networking\POP3\Incoming mail
> C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr
> C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv
> C:\Windows\system32\lls
>
> Files
> C:\pagefile.sys
> C:\windows\system32\licstr.cpa
>
> This assumes that you haven't moved the Exchange stuff to a different
> partition. These represent a minimum "don't scan" list, but should keep you
> out of trouble.
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
> "Amanda Cannon" <AmandaCannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E6C860C8-DC39-47CF-8D51-F4092A078217@microsoft.com...
>
> >I have a problem that involves SBS2003, Exchange Server and POP3 mail.
> > Brand new installation, all patches and SP applied.
> > Currently using POP3 from ISP until domain name based accounts can be set
> > up, and will need to continue it for several months until all clients are
> > converted to new email addresses.
> >
> > Outgoing email works fine (forwarded to host).
> > POP3 retrieval works, and appears to deliver the messages to the
> > appropriate
> > mailboxes.
> > The event log has no errors. Shows opening the pop3 accounts,
> > downloading,
> > and delivering, then closing out.
> > I can go into message tracking and search for and pull up messages for any
> > given user. They're all there w/ dates, times, who from, etc.).
> > Of course, I can't read the emails - just know that they are there. And
> > that's one of my questions: is there any way to actually read these
> > emails?
> > When I try to retrieve these emails via Outlook 2003 (SP3, all patches),
> > it
> > finds nothing there. I have tried reconfiguring Outlook settings
> > (removing
> > the Exchange account, rebooting, adding the Exchange account again). All
> > that did was to delete all the cached info on the local workstation and
> > give
> > me a blank account. I definitely have the correct login/passwords on the
> > Exchange accounts.
> >
> > On day 1, the email was actually working, then stopped on day 2 for no
> > known
> > reason. ie: absolutely no changes to Exchange or POP3 settings. Only
> > change
> > that day was to install Kaspersky's Enterprise Space Security, which
> > appears
> > to be functioning correctly.
> >
> > So my questions are:
> > Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
> > Outlook?
> > Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
> > Kaspersky problem?
> > Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would
> > help?
> > Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
> > Even without an answer, any ideas on direction for troubleshooting would
> > be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Re: Exchange mailboxes cannot be retrieved by Outlook by AmandaCannon

AmandaCannon
Wed May 07 11:14:10 PDT 2008

Thank you. I made these changes and the pop3 mail started working
immediately.

Now I just have to get smtp connector to work outgoing. I thought it did,
but now realize that it was simply queueing them for delivery and the relay
server is not responding. So back to research.

Again, many thanks. you were right on.

Amanda

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Amanda,
>
> Make sure your antivirus program is set up to NOT scan the follwoing files
> and folders (either real time or scheduled):
>
> Folders
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business
> Server\Networking\POP3\Incoming mail
> C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr
> C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv
> C:\Windows\system32\lls
>
> Files
> C:\pagefile.sys
> C:\windows\system32\licstr.cpa
>
> This assumes that you haven't moved the Exchange stuff to a different
> partition. These represent a minimum "don't scan" list, but should keep you
> out of trouble.
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
> "Amanda Cannon" <AmandaCannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E6C860C8-DC39-47CF-8D51-F4092A078217@microsoft.com...
>
> >I have a problem that involves SBS2003, Exchange Server and POP3 mail.
> > Brand new installation, all patches and SP applied.
> > Currently using POP3 from ISP until domain name based accounts can be set
> > up, and will need to continue it for several months until all clients are
> > converted to new email addresses.
> >
> > Outgoing email works fine (forwarded to host).
> > POP3 retrieval works, and appears to deliver the messages to the
> > appropriate
> > mailboxes.
> > The event log has no errors. Shows opening the pop3 accounts,
> > downloading,
> > and delivering, then closing out.
> > I can go into message tracking and search for and pull up messages for any
> > given user. They're all there w/ dates, times, who from, etc.).
> > Of course, I can't read the emails - just know that they are there. And
> > that's one of my questions: is there any way to actually read these
> > emails?
> > When I try to retrieve these emails via Outlook 2003 (SP3, all patches),
> > it
> > finds nothing there. I have tried reconfiguring Outlook settings
> > (removing
> > the Exchange account, rebooting, adding the Exchange account again). All
> > that did was to delete all the cached info on the local workstation and
> > give
> > me a blank account. I definitely have the correct login/passwords on the
> > Exchange accounts.
> >
> > On day 1, the email was actually working, then stopped on day 2 for no
> > known
> > reason. ie: absolutely no changes to Exchange or POP3 settings. Only
> > change
> > that day was to install Kaspersky's Enterprise Space Security, which
> > appears
> > to be functioning correctly.
> >
> > So my questions are:
> > Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
> > Outlook?
> > Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
> > Kaspersky problem?
> > Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would
> > help?
> > Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
> > Even without an answer, any ideas on direction for troubleshooting would
> > be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Re: Exchange mailboxes cannot be retrieved by Outlook by Cliff

Cliff
Wed May 07 11:39:05 PDT 2008

Merv already gave you good advice, but to address your other questions:

> Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
> Outlook?
OWA would let you do this without outlook. And once you get outlook working
again, you can add yourself to the exchange mailbox permissions so you can
open other's folders in outlook if necessary. (I feel dirty now...)

> Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
> Kaspersky problem?
Call me suspicious, but re-reading your post. Everything worked. No event
log errors. Things stopped working when Kaspersky was installed...yeah.


> Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would
> help?
Unlikely.

> Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
And this goes back to Merv's answer. It is a good start. Otherwise, I'm
not familiar enough with Kaspersky's product to give specific advice. But
the good news is if message tracking is showing a delivered message, chances
are the messages are still there, just waiting to be accessed. No loss of
data.

-Cliff

"Amanda Cannon" <AmandaCannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6C860C8-DC39-47CF-8D51-F4092A078217@microsoft.com...
> I have a problem that involves SBS2003, Exchange Server and POP3 mail.
> Brand new installation, all patches and SP applied.
> Currently using POP3 from ISP until domain name based accounts can be set
> up, and will need to continue it for several months until all clients are
> converted to new email addresses.
>
> Outgoing email works fine (forwarded to host).
> POP3 retrieval works, and appears to deliver the messages to the
> appropriate
> mailboxes.
> The event log has no errors. Shows opening the pop3 accounts,
> downloading,
> and delivering, then closing out.
> I can go into message tracking and search for and pull up messages for any
> given user. They're all there w/ dates, times, who from, etc.).
> Of course, I can't read the emails - just know that they are there. And
> that's one of my questions: is there any way to actually read these
> emails?
> When I try to retrieve these emails via Outlook 2003 (SP3, all patches),
> it
> finds nothing there. I have tried reconfiguring Outlook settings
> (removing
> the Exchange account, rebooting, adding the Exchange account again). All
> that did was to delete all the cached info on the local workstation and
> give
> me a blank account. I definitely have the correct login/passwords on the
> Exchange accounts.
>
> On day 1, the email was actually working, then stopped on day 2 for no
> known
> reason. ie: absolutely no changes to Exchange or POP3 settings. Only
> change
> that day was to install Kaspersky's Enterprise Space Security, which
> appears
> to be functioning correctly.
>
> So my questions are:
> Is there any way to read those emails if I cannot retrieve them through
> Outlook?
> Is it a POP3 problem, an Outlook problem, an Exchange problem, or a
> Kaspersky problem?
> Any chance that uninstalling and reinstalling the POP3 connector would
> help?
> Is there anything that you can think of that would cause this?
> Even without an answer, any ideas on direction for troubleshooting would
> be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>