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nmavra -> Migrate from Merak Mail server to Exchange 2003 (5.Jan.2007 10:19:13 PM)
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Hello all, this is my first post here!
Here's my case: I work for an internet & mobile service company and we currently host around 120 customers' websites, each of course with its own email accounts.
We are using Merak Mail server, which is working fine up to now. Our company has 7 employees and even though we have 5 Windows 2003 (not SBS) servers, none of them is a Domain Controller, because in our local network we work in a workgroup.
I understand that we need to have a domain controller and Active Directory in order for Exchange 2003 to work, is that right? I have experience (from my previous job) on maintaining Exchange 2003, but it was only for a local network of 200 people, under one domain. Do I need an Active Directory environment in order to offer email services to all these different customers?
The most important issue is how do I migrate from Merak to Exchange? I am talking about at least 900 mailboxes, so I would be very happy if I could somehow import emails automatically. I would also be very happy if this could be done with the minimum change for my customers, i.e. their account settings in their email application should ideally remain unchanged (we use POP3 now).
I would be grateful if someone could give me some hints in order to get started. This is not something that my company expects to happen overnight, however its a growing need and I would like to get started in a test environment before proceeding..
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