I rarely reboot mail servers. That said, if your Exch Server is having problems, those Exch dependent service mailboxes arent going to be doing too much anyway are they?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: bridgehead/smtp best practices? > I seem to be involved in a bit of philosophical debate and want to get > opinions from the field on this. > > Basically, I have some "service mailboxes" that I would prefer not to run > on regular mailbox servers. These particular mailboxes do not hold any > email, they are simply needed for the cirictal operation of exchange > dependant third party services (like a peice of monitoring software that > needs its own mailbox). They pose no risk to any server and do not need > special attention. I feel better if they reside on infrastructure servers > such as bridgeheads or smtp gateways since these servers tend to have less > problems than regular mailbox servers do (as far as is's stopping or > mailbox servers needing to be rebooted more often and then large > transaction logs replaying that contribute to a longer down time for these > services that rely on the mailbox). > > What do you guys/gals feel about this? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
