Answers below. Thx On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Dean Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Newbie :-) > > Why do you have them? They accept mail from the Internet, use various Blacklists and sendmail features to block spam. Relay all mail to the Internal Hubs. The 2 Gateway servers share the load and provide redundancyfor each other
> Why do you have two gateways? Redundancy > What are the two gateways used for? Sendmail, Trend IMSS > What is the scale of use (messages per day) I don't have numbers right now, but mail for 6000 corporate users > What is your exchange infrastructure? Exchange 2003, 2 Front ends, 2 back ends, data on EMC box > What is the number of staff in your organization? We have 1 UNIX/Linux guy and 1 guy who knows anything about Sendmail/Trend's IMSS (this guy retiring) > > What are you wanting to achieve? Need to assess our alternatives for support of this piece of the environment. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sms > adm > Sent: Friday, 7 November 2008 09:19 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Newbie Question > > We have two gateways in the DMZ running Sendmail. > We sorely lack UNIX and Sendmail expertise, being single threaded in > support of both. > That single person is retiring at the end of the year and we are > looking at alternatives. > 1. Outsourcing? Anyone outsource this function? Is it possible? > 2. An easier to support piece of software? Maybe one that runs on > Windows? > > Thx for any input you can provide > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .com > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > ********************************************************************** > Get it done online 24/7: > // pay your invoice // have your say // apply for a consent > // order a publication // subscribe to email updates > www.nrc.govt.nz > NZ's best Council website - 2008 ALGIM Web Awards > ********************************************************************** > NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************************************** > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.