[thelist] FYI: Weird Exchange 2000 "feature"

[John Handelaar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Madhu Menon
> Sent: 17 January 2001 04:13
> To: Evolt (E-mail)
> Subject: [thelist] FYI: Weird Exchange 2000 "feature"
> 
> 
> Hi guys.
> 
> The chief sysadmin at my company just told me about this problem so I
> thought I'd pass it on.
> 
> We're running Exchange Server 2000 here. One of the admins was installing
> MS' FTP server (crappy, I know) on the same machine using Win2K's
> "Add/Remove Windows Components" thingy. A while later, it turns 
> out that the
> SMTP service ain't working any more. Why? 'Cause it's been uninstalled! 
> 
> Weird. Nobody at our company uninstalled it! Turns out (from a 
> forum posting
> on Win2000mag.com) that Exchange 2000 uninstalls the SMTP service if you
> install something like an FTP server through the "Add/Remove" applet. 

That's not altogether as dumb as it looks: how many SMTP servers
do you need on the same box?  [Sure, they should tell you first,
but their installers are designed for amateurs, MSCEs and the 
like, innit?]

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