We offer Email & Microsoft Exchange
implementation and support consulting throughout San
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Computer consulting, support and help in San Diego.
Almost every network hardware and network operating system software
combination can support some type of e-mail, but it doesn’t always
work the other way around. Many e-mail software products require
only basic services from the network system software on which they
run and need only a compliant OSI, TCP/IP, or NetBIOS network.
Some products will work only on one type of network protocol or
network operating system. Luckily, for the sake of interoperability,
only a minority of products is restricted in this way. Products such
as Lotus Notes and GroupWise started life on one type of network
operating system but have since been ported to other platforms.
Microsoft Exchange Server runs on Windows NT, but NT itself is
available on several hardware platforms and supports links to a
range of other network systems.
Last, many enterprise e-mail products use open standards such as
X.400 or the TCP/IP suite of protocols as a foundation for transport
over a network. For example, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP all need a network
running TCP/IP—typically a UNIX- or Windows-based network—and X.400
products expect an OSI-compliant network. The simplest way for mail software to operate is to use a directory
structure on a shared network drive that can be accessed by all
users and leave the mail workstation software to carry out the job
of saving the mail messages to the user’s correct mail subdirectory.
For this method of operation, the network can be just about any that
allows one drive to be shared and accessed by all users. Some
products use this model, including MHS and, to an extent, Exchange
(when used in a peer-to-peer setup). In more sophisticated mail
installations, such as Microsoft Exchange Server or Lotus Notes, a
dedicated software application runs on a server and manages the
delivery of messages.
When you link different mail standards, you will need some form of
gateway product. On a communications level, you will need hardware
(such as a router) that can create a link between the two networks.
On a software level, you will need a product that can transform
messages stored in one standard to another. Many dedicated mail
servers—such as Notes, Exchange Server, and GroupWise—provide add-on
software gateways that translate the local message standard to
another “foreign” standard. In some cases, this gateway product will
run on the main mail server; alternatively, you might have to
install a dedicated gateway server.
Email:
Outlook sends e-mail messages in one of three formats: HTML,
Microsoft Outlook Rich Text, and Plain Text. Almost all modern
e-mail programs support HTML mail, but many users, especially
students and teachers, still use text-only e-mail systems that choke
on anything more complex than Plain Text. It's generally best to
send messages in Plain Text format unless you're sure that your
recipient is equipped to read HTML or Rich Text. You should always
send in Plain Text format when you're sending to a mailing list. To make Plain Text your default message format, choose Tools |
Options. Click the Mail Format tab and then choose Plain Text from
the Send In This Message Format drop-down list box. To change an
individual message to HTML or Outlook Rich Text (which can be useful
for sending forms to people on your Exchange Server network), in the
New Message window choose the desired format from the Format menu.
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