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Yorgy - 04 Apr 2008 17:34 GMT

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

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Mark Arnold [MVP] - 04 Apr 2008 17:42 GMT

>Hello,
>
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>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.

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Oliver Moazzezi [MVP] - 04 Apr 2008 17:51 GMT

> 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

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Yorgy - 04 Apr 2008 17:57 GMT

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...

> >Hello,
> >
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> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a
> sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other.

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Martin Blackstone - 04 Apr 2008 18:44 GMT

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.

> Ok, so if I understand you correctly, then by enabling both will not
> effect
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>> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a
>> sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other.

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Yorgy - 04 Apr 2008 19:24 GMT

Thanks for the help.

> 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.
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> >> And you have been misled. IMAP is a receiving protocol. SMTP is a
> >> sending protocol. They work together. One is not like the other.

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