Yep... it does a -pretty good- job... but I would like to get more detailed than that... I was hoping not to have to go into detail on my problems, but rather find a book or other source that can help me... so here goes... as an example, my exchange environment is as follows:
-E5.5 SP4 (three servers, one is a bridgehead) and now two E2K SP1 servers. -Currently the bridgehead is configured to transport all internet mail to a Unix Sendmail box which then moves it to either the internet or to Unix mailspools. -I configured the E2K servers to use the smarthost (Sendmail box) for SMTP mail.. additionally there is a tab on the properties for the SMTP server (Messages Tab) with 'Forward all mail with unresolved recipients to host:'... I can't find anything about this entry in the E2K help file or Mr. Redmond's book... seems self explanatory that this would forward both internet mail and organization mail to whatever your put for the host... unfortunately when I look at the headers of any messages sent from the E2K machines configured to use smarthost and forward all unresolved messages, they are actually using x.400 and sending the messages directly to the server that hosts the mailbox (in the case of a mailbox in the org) or sending the internet mail through the E5.5 bridgehead server (and letting it send the mail to the Sendmail box) instead of sending it to the Sendmail box themselves. ...So that leaves me with three conclusions... a) I don't have it configured right (hence one of my motivations for a second book) b) The paths to the bridgehead server take precedence over the smarthost information on the E2K servers (I don't see any costing for the smarthost configuration). c) I need to look at using an SMTP Connector instead of trying to just configure the SMTP Virtual Servers.... is this the same as in E5.5 where you then have a single point of failure.. the server with the connector goes down and so the other servers queue the mail until its back? I mean no disrespect to Mr. Redmond, his book has been immensely helpful to me, but in this case and a few others, I need more detail than is provided by his book or the exchange help file (yes I have tried the MS Knowledgebase... pretty much identical info to the help file on this subject). jeff e. -----Original Message----- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: good E2K book exadmin.chm is not bad in itself. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ -----Original Message----- From: Edgington, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: good E2K book I'm looking for an E2K book that gets to the 'how-to' of working with E2K... I have Tony Redmond's book and it was great for installing, but I need something with more detail in the workings of E2K... --------------------------------------- Jeffrey Edgington Systems Administrator University of Missouri - Rolla Are you a Spectator or a Participant? --------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
