To answer your direct question, if you have a static IP address, a domain you own, and an MX record pointing to that IP Address (Assuming it points to your mail system here) then nope, POP3 would go away, and you would just send mail and receive mail directly. If you're concerned about interviewing, there really aren't any 'basic' areas to cover. You need to know as much as possible, because there's no telling what someone will ask. Generally I like to touch on different areas depending on the job function I am interviewing someone for - obviously the expectation for level of knowledge of an admin would be different from interviewing an architect or a help desk analyst. Another thing I like to do is ask questions around troubleshooting, and things that get folks thinking. I like to use scenarios and see how well a candidate can think on their feet, work through a problem or challenge on the fly, and see how that goes. Sometimes I ask questions completely unrelated to the job function that contain logic problems - nothing better for delving into the candidate's thought process (well, maybe a polygraph...but that would seem like poor taste to me...) If the job would involve you being an escalation point, I would also probably ask you questions around your ability to handle that as well. Every interviewer is different though - if they are stressing 'theoreticals' that sounds to me like they are going to toss out theoretical situations and ask you how they should be handled. So I guess that's what you should prep for - which is tough. That sort of interview tends to call on your existing base of knowledge and experience moreso that something you could study to prep for the interview. Which most likely is why they want to ask those questions ;) ________________________________ From: sudarshan [mailto:ss_mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 1:43 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] interview ques on exch 2000 http://www.MSExchange.org/ hi friends i will undergoing an exchange server interview.Can any one pl guide me what r the probable questions that i may encounter. Right now i m managing an exc server 2000 with 150 users and we use a pop3 connector for downloading the mails from an isp and use smtp connector for sending mails.If suppose my co plans for a public ip,does the pop3 connector come into picture,i m a little confused about that. As per my views ,i m thinking on preparing on routing groups,backup strategies,mail box restore,circular logging,transaction log files,bridgehead servers,ndr,policies.In addition to this they may ask ques on ads . Mostly the interviewers stress on theoritical terms . thanks in advance sud <http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp> ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx