Can you configure an internet connector and a routing group connector to to route messages to the internet and to other routing groups if either of the other links fail?
I have listed in more detail the three situations we want to cover. I would really appreciate any help or reference (Technet etc) to prove if this is possible Regards THE PORPOSED SETUP ------------------ In a single Win2k Domain/E2k Org: Three routing groups each with a different smtp address. Routing Group A ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Routing Group B ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Routing Group C ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In each routing group there are two physical connections, 1 to a corporate network (via a routing group connector) & 1 to the Internet (via an Internet Mail connector): Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group A<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group B<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group B<---RConn--->Corp Network All the Internet mail connectors have the address spaces for each routing group defined in the addresses tab. All the routing group connectors connect to each other and all have the same cost. Under the two situations below would a message from a user in Routing Group A sent to a user in Routing Group B still get there? SITUATION 1 ----------- If the corporate network link for Routing Group A failed: Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group A<XXXFAILEDXX>Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group B<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group C<---RConn--->Corp Network SITUATION 2 ----------- If the corporate network link for Routing Group A failed AND if the Internet link for Routing Group B failed: Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group A<XXXFAILEDXX>Corp Network Internet<XXFAILEDX>Routing Group B<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group C<---RConn--->Corp Network I am assuming/hoping it would: Go out from Routing Group A via it's internet link Arrive at Routing group C via it's Internet link Go out via the Routing Group C's corporate link & Arrive at Routing Group B via it's corporate link Do I have to set the IMC to specifically allow routing to domain's A, B & C for this to happen? Situation 3 ----------- If an email from Routing Group A was destined for a user on the Internet and Routing Group A's internet link was down: Internet<--FAILED->Routing Group A<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group B<---RConn--->Corp Network Internet<---IMC--->Routing Group C<---RConn--->Corp Network Would the message get to the user via another routing group? _________________________________________________________________ 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]