So you can specify multiple IP's for delivery in IIS? If the first can not be reached then the second will be attempted? Thanks, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:47 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Internet Mail connectors and Relay redunda ncy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Another option is to specify multiple destination hosts in the IIS settings. That's not going to give a perfect load balance, but it will give the redundancy/HA you're looking for in case of failure. Of course, MX record isn't going to be a perfect load balance either. :) _____ From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:15 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Internet Mail connectors and Relay redunda ncy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Al, Network Load balancing has been discussed here at our location... I mistook your question. _____ From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:30 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Internet Mail connectors and Relay redunda ncy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Now might be a good time to go into that. _____ From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 1:23 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Internet Mail connectors and Relay redunda ncy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Not yet... _____ From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:47 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Internet Mail connectors and Relay redundancy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Network Load Balancing been discussed yet? _____ From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:58 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Internet Mail connectors and Relay redundancy http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hey guys, Current Config: - Exchange 5.5 - Using GFI Mail Essentials (IIS SMTP mail relay) on Windows 2000 Server The SMTP (GFI) relay servers sit in the DMZ and of course all Exchange servers are inside the secure network. I need to design redundancy in our current exchange organization. The ultimate goal is to have two GFI boxes with IIS SMTP services and two Exchange Internet Mail connectors on different exchange servers. It is simple enough to create the needed external MX records for the IIS SMTP servers. I need help configuring the SMTP services and IMC's to automatically exchange mail to the available connectors internally. There has to be someone out there who has designed failover redundancy using mail relays for their exchange org. Any assistance or links to documents would be great! 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