I'm sorry I just saw one scenario, where they have the configuration just like I told you on the first email, this is the tech net for the front and back end servers. Hopefully this should solve the problem. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Exchange/guides/E2k3FrontBack/229c6f77-cb1f-4b3c-86ac-6c656b30101e.mspx