Exchange and Outlook

Summary

As you’ve probably seen from this chapter, Exchange 2003 is a complex and extremely useful part of the SBS 2003 product set. The POP3 connector is invaluable in the small business environment for speeding up deployment of your email solution (although some would argue that the best way of getting email is SMTP because the POP3 connector is simply a way of disguising a rather cumbersome and unreliable underlying solution really designed for home users). The additional features above and beyond just email, such as public folders and shared calendars, makes this a valuable collaboration capability for your enterprise.

SBS 2003, as usual, does most of the initial configuration required to operate an Exchange 2003 environment internally on your network. With a small amount of configuration, it easily integrates with the rest of the world, offering you global connectivity. But, if you want to go further with Exchange 2003 (and believe me when I say what you’ve learned here is only the tip of the iceberg), don’t hesitate to get more details of Exchange 2003’s features and capabilities from the Microsoft technical website: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/library.