RE: Multiple SMTP relay servers
- From: Chris Wall <Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:14:16 -0400
I have found a post on the internet that states you can point one IMC to
multiple relay servers. This is a quick read and the link is below:
http://www.winnetmag.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/19716/19
716.html
I have not yet tested this, so I will do so and report back to the group.
As far as the selection below, that is how I currently have planned the
rollout. My only hangup with this solution is I am the only Exchange admin
in our organization and if I 'ever' get to go on vacation (you know murphy's
law) I would not feel comfortable walking someone through the process of
switching the IMC routing preference.
Now another small issue in this... If the above link works in Exchange
5.5, then I have my internal solution (create multiple IMC's on separate
Exchange servers and point each IMC to the 2 relay servers).
Now I only have to find a way for IIS to point to two separate IMC's in the
event the primary Exchange server goes down.... Any ideas?
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Johnson [mailto:jaredsjazz@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:25 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Multiple SMTP relay servers
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I agree with John.
Setting up the smarthost is the easiest and in my opinion, the best way to
go with an Exchange SMTP relay.
--- "John Tolmachoff (Lists)"
<johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
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> Well, but.
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> Just kidding.
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> Would creating a second SMTP connector pointing at the second outbound
> relay work? (I am not that familiar with connectors, so not sure.)
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> If the outbound relay server was down, wouldn't you know it and if a
> lengthy problem, why not just change the smart host on Exchange?
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> John Tolmachoff
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Wall
> [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:22 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Multiple SMTP relay servers
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> http://www.MSExchange.org/
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> Hello all,
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> I am in the process of implementing a second SMTP mail relay server
> (using IIS 6) for my Exchange 5.5 organization.
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> The SMTP mail relay server is going to be running GFI MailEssentials
> and MailSecurity. (not that important of a detail, but one worth
> mentioning).
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> I would like to find out if anyone on this list is running a similar
> setup and any pointers they may have. I am having difficulty planning
> an environment that will allow Exchange to automatically switch over
> to the secondary SMTP server should the primary fail. In 5.5, if the
> primary SMTP relay server fails, exchange will not know about it and
> mail will simply queue up in the IMC. Is there a way to have Exchange
> force mail to a separate IMC connected to another SMTP relay server if
> the queue passes a set limit or if the relay server goes down all
> together? Of course this will not be an issue for mail coming into
> the organization, only for mail destined to external addresses.
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> I am curious as how others may have their SMTP relay servers setup
> for redundancy.
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> Thanks for any info! (hopefully no rants will come from this post :)
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> Regards,
>
> Chris
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