Re: Remote Mail Users

Benoit Dicaire (BDicairenrj.com)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:25:19 -0400

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Why don't you move the RAS to the internal network. You can secure a ras
session with a token
device via TACAS or Radius.

At 11:45 AM 23/09/97 GMT, you wrote:
>THE PROBLEM - Exchange server can accept SMTP mail but cannot operate as
an SMTP
>post-office. I DO NOT WANT to open any further ports in the firewall. I
have
>had suggested a POP3 server within the firewall with that connected to the
SMTP
>connector of exchange but that means that any user who could be both on the
>internal network and who could work from home on a laptop would be a user
on two
>main systems. How do I ensure that whichever system they log in they get
the
>same mail? At the worst case I could accept a system where the mail is
sent to
>both but can this even be improved on?
>
>Horrible picture follows:
>
>Internet ----> Firewall ----> POP3 server -----> Exchange Server ----> user
> |
> Shiva Modem stack
> |
> Remote laptop user.
>
>The firewall permits only ports 25 and 80.
>
>The preference would be to have the remote users also using exchange
client set
>to dialup networking although I beleive(?) exchange is not POP3 compliant.

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