sending messages via outlook

[Luis]

I have several computers on my network, although all PC's have Outlook. only
one is setup to send/receive mails. For various reasons I do not want the
other PC's connected to any email server. Is it possible to send a message or
mail from one pc to another via outlook without having them connected to an
email server?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Nope as Outlook communicates via email protocols. You could host your
internal mail server of course and not connect that to the Internet either.

 

[K. Orland]

Outlook is simply a client software. This means it requires a server (mail in
Outlook's case) in order to send/receive anything.

 

[Luis]

Thanks Roady. How would I host my internal mail server? (sorry not too
familiar with this)

 

[Luis]

Thanks Kathleen.

Outlook is simply a client software. This means it requires a server (mail in
Outlook's case) in order to send/receive anything.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

First decide upon which kind of mail server you would need ;-) It kinda
depends on what you are currently running in your network already.
If you have a Windows Server, then you can use it already for basic POP3;
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_POP3_Service.html

3rd party products can be found here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

If you actually want to create a shared environment, then this addin might
be useful to you are well;
http://addins.howto-outlook.com/mapilab_gwserver
If you decide to order use "4PM76A8" to get a discount.

 

[Luis]

Thanks Roady, I will try this. Sorry for the late reply.