Good morning, First time user of Exchange server. May be asking some very basic ?'s :) I have the server 2008 R2 setup on my PC and Network users setup. Should state this is a learning experience for me. Home Setup. I have installed on smae PC Ms Exchange 2010 SP1. My basic ?'s are; 1] How do i set up exchange to go out and collect my emails from my various email accounts. hotmail, mail.com, gmail ... 2] Would like one of the email source to go to two of my network users, meself and my wife. 3] and other email sources to go to each of us separately. I am not sure where to start now that I have it up and running. I someone could point me to a real basic step by step explannation that would be great. Or could take me thru it :) Thanks Deasun

Hello, I think the only way to achieve your goal is to implement a 3rd-party POP-Connector. In this connector you can setup your accounts and specify to which internal mailbox the mails should go. Please be aware that this configuration is not recommended. But I don't think another configuration is possible in this case.... Greetings, Toni

First thing I would suggest is getting it up and running serving mail for your own, personal domain. If you don't have one they are very cheap, and start at around a fiver. If it's a dynamic IP address you may also need something like DynDNS (which you can tie to the domain, and they also provide SMTP smarthost for outbound mail). Typically for Inbound mail, you need as a minimum TCP port 25 open on your router forwarded to your PC running Exchange; On the default receive connector allow "Anonymous" permissions for inbound mail to work. Optionally, enable the anti-spam agents. Setup your DNS so the MX record goes to the hostname that refers to your external IP (eg myhome.dyndns.org) or use a service like DynDNS's which will cache your inbound mail if you go offline. Setup a send connector for the "*" namespace. Route through DNS, or use a smarthost. (for home IPs, a smarthost is recommend) You can test using the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyser. Once you're working properly, set up forwarding in Gmail etc to go to your email address on your home Exchange server.. If you want your mail to be "from" one of those domains, add that email address in the Exchange Management Console and set it as the primary address. Steve Steve Goodman Check out my Blog for more Exchange info or find me on Twitter