Native POP3 Connector

Microsoft Exchange Server is one of the most widely used communication and scheduling suites for enterprise server systems today, thanks to all its high-end features and a user friendly usage interface. Undoubtedly, it is one of the most secure and reliable server suite in the market. But default application has a very popular drawback of not receiving mails through POP3 protocol. POP3 is a very famous protocol for incoming e-mails. For this purpose, you require a third party add-on application. Native POP3 Connector is a simple application which serves this purpose in the most efficient manner.

Native POP3 Connector v.2.5.0 by MAPILab ltd. is a shareware application which lets the user receive e-mails coming through POP3 protocol. Its main feature is that it integrates into the native Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 and 2003 as well as Small Business Server 2000 and 2003 applications as a connector through Exchange Server Management System. Thus, you don’t have to use a standalone third party application for receiving incoming POP3 mails and forwarding them to Microsoft Exchange Server via SMTP. This application itself acts as an additional connector in Microsoft Exchange Server. It also features complete integration of it’s configuration in the structure of active directory in connector group of Exchange Server system manager. Apart from this, it supports sixty five thousand mailboxes which is a quite large number. With this application, you can also configure any mailbox for receiving any mail secured by SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption.

Overall, Native POP3 Connector v.2.5.0 is an effective add on utility in response to one of the biggest drawbacks of Microsoft Exchange Server. Its integration with the native Microsoft Exchange Server and Small Business Server as an additional connector makes it a very easy to use application. Hence, it receives a score of four and half rating points for its overall effectiveness.

It is widely known that Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 doesn't support receiving mail through the POP3 protocol. However, in practice, it has been shown that many users find the absence of this feature inconvenient. All the existing solutions entice users to use a utility agent receiving mail through the POP3 protocol and delivering it to the Exchange Server through the SMTP protocol. This is a versatile solution equally usable for most SMTP-servers. However, there are a number of negatives with this method. Native POP3 Connector (NPC) offers a standard solution for the problem with receiving mail through the POP3 protocol for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 and Small Business Server 2000/2003. During the installation, the administrator has the opportunity to install a new type into the Connectors Exchange System Manager group: Native POP3 Connector. Upon installation, all administration procedures are performed in a way standard for Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 - by the editing of properties of the Connector installed via Exchange System Manager. NPC features the following advantages and capabilities: integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003; support for a large number of mailboxes (each one may be multi-user catchall); multi-threaded processing support; the ability to set a flexible schedule of POP3-mailbox querying; integration into Active Directory; audit through Event Log and more.