Outlook Web Access. A Microsoft server-side application used to retrieve and work with data stored on a remote Microsoft Exchange Server computer using an Internet browser. OWA provides Web-based public access to Microsoft Exchange Server email, public folders, calendar information, Address Book, contacts, and shared applications.
Post Office Protocol. A protocol used to retrieve email from a mail server. POP3 downloads email from the server and stores it on the local machine.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a messaging protocol used in TCP/IP networks.
Internet Mail Access Protocol. A protocol used to access email from a central mail server. IMAP enables users to access email on the mail server as if it was on a local hard drive. However, the email remains on the server.
Front-end server information for Hosted Exchange 2003
Front-end servers route Outlook Web Access, POP, SMTP, and IMAP email for the Hosted Exchange 2003 service. Each Hosted Exchange 2003 hosting server has front-end servers associated with it. You need to set up front-end servers to provide these services to organizations.
Front-end server information includes:
Outlook Web Access Server. The fully qualified domain name or external IP address of the server that hosts the Outlook Web Access (OWA) service. This server enables organizations provisioned on the server to access email and other Exchange services through OWA.
POP Server. The fully qualified domain name or external IP address of the server that hosts the POP service. This server provides organizations provisioned on the server with POP email access.
SMTP Server. The fully qualified domain name or external IP address of the server that hosts the SMTP service. This server provides organizations provisioned on the server with SMTP email access.
IMAP Server. The fully qualified domain name or external IP address of the server that hosts the IMAP service. This server provides organizations provisioned on the server with IMAP email access.
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