Recent content by smelvin

Draytek routers are excellent and provide a number of VPN options - LAN to LAN, Client to LAN etc. Also if you go to the Draytek site (www.draytek.com) under support you'll find step by step instructions. We have used them in a variety of situations. Cheers Scott

Hi Every time the POP3 Connector downloads email, some not all users get the same email again and again. I thought it was a virus, but I have scanned the server and the clients. I thought that it was the originating user (IE. outside the company), but no they have no problems. I have checked...

Unfortunately when you view the headers, Outlook must change them as the To field has my proper name in it (not my email address). The only clue to the real recipient is the X-RCPT-TO field. I sometimes get ten of the same message and the only difference between them is the X-RCPT-TO field...

Hi I have 30+ users setup with firstname.surname@domainname.co.uk. Although Exchange shows their email address as Firstname.Surname@domainname.co.uk. My account is set to receive all the undeliverable mail that the POP3 Connector can't map to user. I am getting a lot of this kind of email and...

Hi Schtek Thanks for the info. I haven't restricted anything, but will have a check. The only really strange thing is, its intermitent (is that spelt correct?), which is a real pain. Cheers Scott Melvin

Hi I don't know if this is any help, but whenever I messed about with users settings the same thing your experiencing would happen. I played about and still couldn't resolve it. Didn't touch it over the weekend and on Monday it was ok (Grrr). Had another we mess about with user settings and...

Hi appreciate the reply. Unfortunately it is when sending emails, not receiving. I know of the 'feature' your talking about and I wish I had a pound for everytime I had to explain that one to a user. As I said it is when the user either composes a new email or replies to an email with an...

Hi Strange problem. Users can send emails to .local and external .co.uk users email addresses, but cannot send or reply to messages with attachments to each other. Any ideas? Cheers Scott Melvin

I use OpenOffice almost exclusively. I have it on my Linux laptop, my XP home PC. I even convinced my wife to use it on her laptop. I am involved in IT and will try and convince people to use it as much as possible. Unfortunately when back office systems decided to intigrate with a wordprocessor...