Hello, Can someone please tell me if its safe to have both SMTP and IMAP Virtual Services running on an Exchange Server. Will it cause any problems enabling both since we have a program that will only operate with IMAP instead of SMTP... Looking forward to your response. Thanks
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0700, Yorgy wrote: >Hello, > >Can someone please tell me if its safe to have both SMTP and IMAP Virtual >Services running on an Exchange Server. Will it cause any problems enabling >both since we have a program that will only operate with IMAP instead of >SMTP... > >Looking forward to your response. > >Thanks If you don't need IMAP you shouldn't enable it. If you do enable IMAP and don't have another Exchange or SMTP server on there then you have no choice, not that it's a problem anyway. And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other.
> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a > sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other. Yep, and IMAP account will use SMTP to send! Oliver
Ok, so if I understand you correctly, then by enabling both will not effect the flow of email? It seems that IMAP and POP3 is disabled on our Exchange system and SMTP is only being used... "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0700, Yorgy > wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Can someone please tell me if its safe to have both SMTP and IMAP Virtual > >Services running on an Exchange Server. Will it cause any problems enabling > >both since we have a program that will only operate with IMAP instead of > >SMTP... > > > >Looking forward to your response. > > > >Thanks > > If you don't need IMAP you shouldn't enable it. If you do enable IMAP > and don't have another Exchange or SMTP server on there then you have > no choice, not that it's a problem anyway. > And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a > sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other. >
Its disabled because most people don't use it in a standard Exchange setup. But its available and wont cause any technical issues to use. "Yorgy" wrote in message news:B886C92B-767F-4A94-9466-79616F221F03@microsoft.com... > Ok, so if I understand you correctly, then by enabling both will not > effect > the flow of email? It seems that IMAP and POP3 is disabled on our Exchange > system and SMTP is only being used... > > "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0700, Yorgy >> wrote: >> >> >Hello, >> > >> >Can someone please tell me if its safe to have both SMTP and IMAP >> >Virtual >> >Services running on an Exchange Server. Will it cause any problems >> >enabling >> >both since we have a program that will only operate with IMAP instead of >> >SMTP... >> > >> >Looking forward to your response. >> > >> >Thanks >> >> If you don't need IMAP you shouldn't enable it. If you do enable IMAP >> and don't have another Exchange or SMTP server on there then you have >> no choice, not that it's a problem anyway. >> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a >> sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other. >>
Thanks for the help. "Martin Blackstone" wrote: > Its disabled because most people don't use it in a standard Exchange setup. > But its available and wont cause any technical issues to use. > > "Yorgy" wrote in message > news:B886C92B-767F-4A94-9466-79616F221F03@microsoft.com... > > Ok, so if I understand you correctly, then by enabling both will not > > effect > > the flow of email? It seems that IMAP and POP3 is disabled on our Exchange > > system and SMTP is only being used... > > > > "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0700, Yorgy > >> wrote: > >> > >> >Hello, > >> > > >> >Can someone please tell me if its safe to have both SMTP and IMAP > >> >Virtual > >> >Services running on an Exchange Server. Will it cause any problems > >> >enabling > >> >both since we have a program that will only operate with IMAP instead of > >> >SMTP... > >> > > >> >Looking forward to your response. > >> > > >> >Thanks > >> > >> If you don't need IMAP you shouldn't enable it. If you do enable IMAP > >> and don't have another Exchange or SMTP server on there then you have > >> no choice, not that it's a problem anyway. > >> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a > >> sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other. > >> > >
