Thanks. ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 5:02 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: SMTP Services on Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ I route all incoming email through my MX servers, but I allow all my outgoing servers to send email. They don't need a public IP for that (they just need NAT). It's really just about preference... ________________________________ From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:51 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: SMTP Services on Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ Mail delivery to the internet... Each connector (one in each Admin Group) will have different routing values for redundancy if a connector is unreachable. Chris ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:21 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: SMTP Services on Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ Lots of great detail there, but I don't quite understand the question. What do you use the SMTP connectors for? ________________________________ From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:59 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] SMTP Services on Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello all, Just a little 'design' question to get your opinions. When creating SMTP connectors for your organization, do most of you place them on your Front End Servers? Currently, I have one SMTP connector that forwards all mail to smart hosts. I am now going with Frontbridge and will be removing the smart hosts. As such, I do not want to make my internal Bridgehead accessible to the internet. I would rather keep all SMTP traffic going to the Front End Servers that I have throughout my organization. Does anyone see any issues with this design? We have 3 'main' sites. Each with their own Front End servers currently providing OWA and RPC services. Our corporate site has a Network Load Balanced Frontend config as well, which I plan to make our primary MX record. All servers are robust and should be able to easily handle the flow. Thanks for your thoughts/confirmation on my design. 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