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Re: Well, now I cant get my work emails...
said by Mersault  :Wouldn't one of the primary uses of a VPN be to allow secure access TO your companies Exchange server? I'll bet that more than 50% of all VPN sessions include some Exchange traffic. I use a VPN to access Exchange almost daily. My boss has something approaching a 2 gig Exchange account and uses a VPN to access it without any problem. Yes however most companies provide webmail access for that. Your boss may be fine for now but if he loses the stored messages, he's going to be waiting a long time to download them all again. In ideal conditions, this may work but you need plenty of bandwidth and a stable connection on your end.
Having said all that though, Microsoft is moving towards a direct approach with Exchange 2007 which supports HTTP transport to the exchange without the VPN.
So yes, many people probably have this kind of setup but it may be troublesome, which is why it's usually not recommended. |
