Sizing: Depends on expected work load. How many messages / hour /24 hours / sizes? Disk is probably the biggest contributor to SMTP traffic on these servers, but it doesn't have to be much hardware if not a tremendous amount of traffic (less than 25Kb each and less than 600,000 per 24 hours) Configuration steps: Deploy second Exchange server. Select to make it a front-end server. Configure inbound mail flow to be directed to new server. Create SMTP connector. Select Front-end server as the MTA for that connector. Verify it works as expected in between. Cheers, al -----Original Message----- From: Dan Vanden Bosch [mailto:dvandenbosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:34 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Create an SMTP gateway http://www.MSExchange.org/ Our organization has one Exchange 2000 Server. I'd like to set up an SMTP gateway for this Exchange server to help take the load off of it. I'm looking for sizing recommendations on the SMTP gateway, and I'm looking for a step-by-step cookbook on how to configure the SMTP server and the Exchange server. ------------------------------------------------------ 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: al.mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx