The Hindu Business Line : Exchange and mail server

While configuring Outlook Express in client PC, can I create a mail account that does not have a mail box in mail server or is the corresponding mail box created at the timeof the account creation? I would also like to know the difference between an Exchange server and a mail server. E-MAIL FROM A READERWhile configuring Outlook Express in client PC, can I create a mail account that does not have a mail box in mail server or is the corresponding mail box created at the time of the account creation? I would also like to know the difference between an Exchange server and a mail server.

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In an e-mail setup, there is a mail server and mail client. The mail server has the configuration for each mail account with details such as name, mail ID and other information. Whenever a new mail account is to be created, it must be done so in the mail server with necessary information.

The mailbox for the account will be created when the account is configured in the server. Only after this is it possible to configure a client. The client configurationneeds the mail server name or IP address, the mail ID to be mentioned. The mail client will get authenticated in the server. Only authenticated clients can send and receive mail from the mail server. It may be possible to complete the client configuration with a on-existent mail account. But it is efinitely not possible to send or receive mails from that client.

Exchange server is one of Microsoft's Mail server products. It is deployed widely. There are similar products from other companies. Windows 2003 also has a Mail server. This can also be used as a mail serverwith a limited number of mail configurations. Exchange server is a standalone product meant to be a Mail server. Nowadays, there are a lot of e-mail server products, both priced and free, for differentoperating systems such as Unix/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X.

Please look up thefollowing URLfor a list of mail servers and their comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_mail_servers http://www.google.com/Top/ Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/ Mail/

Solution by P. Natarajan

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