—– This post is based on SBS 2008 RC1 ——
In contrast to SBS 2003, SBS 2008 makes it very easy to mail-enable document libraries in Companyweb (which is based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ). The following pictures outline the process.
First we must go to SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration (from the Administrative Tools menu) and configure Incoming e-mail settings.
Click on the link to Configure Incoming E-Mail Settings
Accept the default settings and click on the OK button
Go to companyweb (http://companyweb), click on the Site Actions tab and then click on Create
Click on Document Library
For the purposes of this post, I gave the library the name Project Documents, set the Allow this document library to receive e-mail to Yes, and provided a name for the email address (projectdocs)
After the document library is created…
…we can test it by using Outlook Web Access and send an email message with the document we want stored in the companyweb as an attachment. Note the email address of the message is projectdocs@companyweb (this is the email address we assigned to the library previously).
Wait for a minute or so (for the Timer Service to kick in and process the email message)… and the document is stored in the library.
This method works when emailing documents within the Intranet. I didn’t try to make it work over the Internet yet.
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