Ken:
If the only reason you are using a MS Exchange server is to read gmail from
a single gmail account, you should eliminate it completely. It's swatting
flies with a howitzer.
Does each user have Outlook installed on their own machine, or are they
sharing a VM or Remote-Desktop'ing into a single machine? If it's a simple
configuration it should be straight-forward and if it's more complex, well,
let us know.
If it's one person per Outlook, you should be able to configure them to
access the Gmail account directly and read the mail there. Log onto Gmail
via a web browser and select the gear icon in the upper right ("Settings")
and "See All Settings" and then the tab labeled "Forwarding and
POP/IMAP" and look for the "Configure your email client" links for the
setup you need to do in Outlook. I'm not positive whether POP (an ancient
protocol) or IMAP (a slightly less geriatric) is more appropriate for your
situation, and you may need to do some experimentation to get the behavior
you want.
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 10:47 PM Ken McGinnis <kamcgin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> looking for a multi-user alternative (to MS Exchange) to view gmail emails
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> For more than 10 years I have been using a gmail account for users to
> send support questions. I had that gmail account linked (somehow) to MS
> Exchange hosted by Rackspace. This was recommended by someone on this
> list. It has been working for >10 years and I have long-since forgotten
> how I set all that stuff up.
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> Now Rackspace no longer supports Exchange 2007 and the Outlook 2007
> client that we use to access exchange and see the emails that came into
> gmail. Hope that makes sense. I think it should be simple to have imap
> and/or POP in the gmail account activated (which it/they
> is/arepro...@leafe.com). It seems like Exchange should be able to 'poll'
> the gmail server and download the email (hope that makes sense). Somehow
> the people at Rackspace don't know what I am talking about?? the support
> person today says I need to set up MX records in gmail so gmail will
> send to exchange? that does not make any sense to me. I admit that I may
> not be the youngest person on this list, but I am still alive and I love
> VFP and most of the support issues. Anyone out there know what I am
> missing?
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> Thx in advance
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> Ken
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