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There are a number of different (and perhaps less problematic) ways to use Microsoft Outlook to access email from the Internet. For example, you could use IMAP4 instead of POP3. Or, assuming that you have Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003, you can also use Remote Procedure Call (RPC) over HTTP for a direct Outlook connection to your server. In this configuration, Outlook will use a direct Exchange Server connection rather than POP3 or IMAP4. Read Microsoft article "Exchange Server 2003 RPC over HTTP deployment scenarios" for more information.
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