I have recently added a new Exchange 2003 Standard server to our
Domain. This is an additional server that we want to use for mailbox
storage we will call it New Server. The other server in the picture,
Old Server, is SBS 2003. The exchange installation went smoothly, both
servers can communicate and can see each other fine. SMTP packets are
sent without any issues... We moved all the mailboxes to the New
server, email communication seemed to work fine. Till I realized that
POP3 access for our company's blackberries no longer would work. Both
servers have the POP3 service running and both servers have the POP3
virtual server running with the default settings. Our router routes
all POP3 and SMTP traffic to our old server. When a mailbox resides on
the Old server, Pop3 communication works fine, however, when it is
moved to the new server: pop3 stops working. I am a newbie when it
comes to exchange... I've been studying up to the best of my ability
but am getting nowhere... Please help
--Roman
I have some more information here that might prove useful. It seems I am dealing with a logon failure of some sort. I checked the error logs under Application and found a few things.
First off I found the following error on the new server: event ID = 1022; source = MSExchangeIS Mailbox; Category = Logons; Type = Error; Description = Logon Failure on database "First Storage Group\Mailbox Store ([NEW SERVER])" - Windows 2000 account [Domain]\[UserName] yada yada yada
Then Next up I found an error on the Old server: event ID = 1011; source = POP3SVC; Category = Authentication; Type = Error; Description = Authentication attempt from [IP Address] to [User email address] has failed with error 0x52e.
I checked to make sure that the Mailbox Alias value and the User Logon Name (Pre-Windows 2000) values matched and they do. I still have no clue what is causing this problem... Please help
--Roman
Hello,
Windows Server 2003 has POP3 Installed via Windows Components Wizard listed as Email Services. This service is not used by Exchange 2003 and should not be installed when deploying Exchange 03. Exchange 2003 uses a more robust POP3 support, as well as IMAP4 Support.
Try uninstalling Email Services and then try again.
David
[tfl - 8 Sept 2008] - see Noelle's comments above - and consider asking this question in the forums.