Need Help from Fellow ITs with e-mail issue?

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I old laptop is giving me issues. Most the PCs have XP pro and are part of the domain but this laptop has Home and its really not worth upgrading to pro just to join the domain. We have an Exchange 2007 server on the LAN along with several other servers. No DHCP server all the IPs are manually configured. I have an IP scanner so I know there are no IP conflicts. This 1 laptop though when I send myself an e-mail it take from 3 hours to several days to send the e-mail. I have traced the problem to the laptop. The server records show that as soon as it gets the e-mail it sends it to my inbox. Its just the 1 comp I'm having the issue with and the domain suffix and wins have been entered. Any ideas? cause both me and our 3rd party IT have had no luck with it.

Update:

Yeah there is an account for it and its logged into it, but i think its not syncing up right.

Christopher S · Accepted Answer

Is this PC using the exchange server to send mail, or an outside SMTP server?  If it is using the exchange server, is it logging in correctly?  (You should have to enter a username and password every time you connect to exchange from a workgroup computer).

If not, perhaps that is the problem.  It could be that your emails are sending after you log in to access files on the domain, and not until then.

Just a thought.

Bert C · Answer

Is there a computer account for the laptop on the domain controller?  If not, one needs to be created.  Then you must log on as an administrator on the laptop "Join" the domain from the laptop.  Joining the domain will require a domain administrator password to be entered when prompted on the laptop.

Bert

David · Answer

Windows XP Home will not sync up with a Exchange server.  You will need to attach a domain to download exchange folders and global address lists.  Exchange supports web access though. :/

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