Unless your Internet lines go down for more than 48 hours, you don't usually have to worry about lost mail. Sending servers almost always retry for at least 2 days. And if that's not good enough, you don't need another Exchange server for this. Lots of free/cheap SMTP servers can do this. Carl _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:27 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: exchange 200 2003 correct what i am worried about is that our internet lines go down and i only have 1 server i would like our mail to queue up somewhere until at&t comes up again _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jensen, Douglas Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:23 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: exchange 200 2003 It can be in the same site. You don't need different sites to have 2 exchange servers. You do need licenses for each server. Douglas Jensen <mailto:Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Voice (952) 402-9821 Fax (952) 402-9815 Network Administrator Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. 712 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379 <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/djensen.SCDCAP/Application%20Data/Mic rosoft/Signatures/www.capagency.org> www.capagency.org _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:12 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: exchange 200 2003 correct that is a good config how would it work if the backup was in a different site or org what i am trying to accomplish is if my only server goes down i would like a server out there to be able to queue the mail and when the server comes back up the email is sent to the primary or the primary ask for the email _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jensen, Douglas Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:01 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: exchange 200 2003 We have 2 exchange servers in 2 different sites. If one is down, the other gets mail and keeps it till the first is back up. It would work the same if you had 2 servers in the same site. They both need MX records and IP addresses on the internet so other servers can find them. Douglas Jensen <mailto:Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Voice (952) 402-9821 Fax (952) 402-9815 Network Administrator Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. 712 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379 <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/djensen.SCDCAP/Application%20Data/Mic rosoft/Signatures/www.capagency.org> www.capagency.org _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:02 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] exchange 200 2003 does anybody have any information on how to setup a exchange server to be able to catch emails from a exchange server that is down and then forward it to the server thanks