Cannot select pop3 account in Outlook 2003

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Dan

Hello,

I have two problems, and I appreciate any help that could
be given.

I am a new user running Small Business Server with
Exchange server running and Outlook 2003. We have no
static IP right now, so I set up a pop3 with an isp. I
can create the pop3 account in Outlook, but it does not
show up in the "accounts" tab when I try to send, reply or
forward messages.

Second, since our internal network was set up for a static
ip, when I send messages from thru the exchange server,
the reply email is invalid on the net. How do I change it
so that e-mails will have the pop3 address?

Thanks for any help -- (e-mail address removed)
 
Hi - this may be off topic, but you don't need a static IP to host your own
mail, and it would be a lot more efficient to ditch the POP.

For Exchange 2000, see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html for
instructions on how to get Exchange to receive Internet mail sent via SMTP,
the way it's meant to do. Instructions should be vitually the same for
E2003.

You can use a dynamic DNS host such as www.dyndns.org - you set up an
account, such as yourcompany.dnsalias.com, and whomever hosts your public
DNS should set your primary MX record to point to yourcompany.dnsalias.com.
Open up port 25 inbound in your firewall or router, direct all traffic to
your internal IP for the Exchange server.
You run a service on your server (software available for download from the
dyndns website) and set it up to update dyndns with your current dynamic
IP.
 
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