Pop3 service missing on Exchange 2k3

paintb4707

Figured I'd ask.... Is there any way possible to get that service back without reinstalling Exchange?

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RussS

The service is missing? Or is it just not running?

paintb4707

RussS wrote:

The service is missing? Or is it just not running?

Exchange POP3 service is completely missing.

sprkymrk

Did it get left out when you installed Exchange? Can you do an add/remove components from the E2K3 CD rather than a complete reinstall?

blargoe

sprkymrk wrote:

Did it get left out when you installed Exchange? Can you do an add/remove components from the E2K3 CD rather than a complete reinstall?

You should be able to do it this way, be sure to reinstall the service pack afterwards

paintb4707

blargoe wrote:

sprkymrk wrote:

Did it get left out when you installed Exchange? Can you do an add/remove components from the E2K3 CD rather than a complete reinstall?

You should be able to do it this way, be sure to reinstall the service pack afterwards

Any chance of data loss for such a process? I would really prefer not to do this on a live server and I'd certainly would hate to have downtime restoring back-ups, which is why I'd like to avoid even inserting the exchange CD but if its the only way...

Trailerisf

The Exchange info is kept in the store and log files.

A smart bunny rabbit would be keeping them on separate disks that the OS is running.

And to answer your question, No the store will not be affected by installing POP services.

But to be extra careful, run an NT backup on it first to another set of disks.

sprkymrk

paintb4707 wrote:

blargoe wrote:

sprkymrk wrote:

Did it get left out when you installed Exchange? Can you do an add/remove components from the E2K3 CD rather than a complete reinstall?

You should be able to do it this way, be sure to reinstall the service pack afterwards

Any chance of data loss for such a process? I would really prefer not to do this on a live server and I'd certainly would hate to have downtime restoring back-ups, which is why I'd like to avoid even inserting the exchange CD but if its the only way...

Well how bad do you need the pop3 service? How long has the server been running w/o it?

paintb4707

Well thanks everyone for your help. I even spoke to Microsoft and they say that reinstalling Exchange is the only option.

royal

paintb4707 wrote:

Well thanks everyone for your help. I even spoke to Microsoft and they say that reinstalling Exchange is the only option.

Was about to say the only option is re-installing, but looks like you just got that answer. And even if you didn't need the POP3 service, I'd still be reluctant to not re-install as that probably means there are most likely other issues that might crawl up in the future.