Low-end server, put a freeware/shareware mailer package on it, give the Ex server a new IP, use the old IP for that one (unless you have a NAT solution), and let it collect the mail as it comes in.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Pochedley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: Queueing incoming mail > Kind ladies and gentlemen of the list, looking for a little advice today... > > A couple weeks from now, over the long Christmas weekend, we need to take > our Exchange server off-line for a few days to perform some maintenance... > In the time period it's down, nobody will be in the office so we don't need > to worry about disrupring the day-to-day operations of the users... > > The only problem we can foresee is that incoming email can't be received > because the Exchange server will be off and people outside the company will > get NDR's because their mail can't be delivered to us (for possibly up to > three days)... What can I use as a temporary queue to hold all the incoming > email and then will allow me to dump the queued SMTP messages to the > Exchange server once it's back up and running? Something simple (and free) > is preferred, all I need is a queue to hold the messages while we perform > our maintenance and deliver the items when we're through... > > TIA for any suggestions! > > Joe Pochedley > "I like deadlines," > cartoonist Scott Adams once said. > "I especially like the whooshing > sound they make as they fly by." > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
