Server is online all the time, DSL is sketchy. The primary MX is set to my firewall. However, if the DSL service is down or I reboot the router, mail will not be delivered. In the past, I had the ISP deliver the mail to my primary MX when it is avail. If it is not avail, it is delivered to the second record in the MX record - my ISP. In turn, I pull the mail using the POP connector. This only happens in rare occasions but it provides for failover if the circuit is dead.
My plan is to continue with the SMTP config but would like to configure ETRN as the backup rather than deal with the shortcomings of the POP connector. Thanks. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Steve Not sure what you mean here - the way I get it..smtp mail incoming to your domain will queue at your service provider until it receives a signal from your mail server to pump all the mail for yourdomain.com to your exchange machine (after establishing dialup or whatever) - in this case then the etrn setup will work fine. If this is not the case can you describe your setup a little better. Cheers Simon -----Original Message----- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 14:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Already read this - no new information. SMTP mail is the primary, ETRN is the secondary. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:49 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give additional info here: <http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_smtp.htm> -Michèle Immigration site: <http://LadySun1969.tripod.com> Our new 2001 Miata: <http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley> Tiggercam: <http://www.tiggercam.co.uk> --------------------------------------------------------- Which wire was I supposed to cut? - Famous Last Words --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Hi Steve - sorry for the way this reads, but I cut n pasted it out of 2 previous posts. It should help you with your issue. I have had a similar situation where I used a util called etrn which polls the store and forward server for you - I just put this into a batch file which did the dialup and then ran this - you give it a host and port to connect to and shibang it goes off and gets it. After looking there is an MS solution aswell, but the above is wonderfully simple. The MS solution is under http://support.microsoft.com/support/exchange/content/whitepapers/dialupims. asp This was a while ago before we got an all singing all dancing T1 connection installed and we had to rely on isdn which I used for the mail retrieval. - it went something like this (from very rusty memory do forgive mistakes) Rasdial (connection you want) Wait ( this is another util that is useful for pausing the batch file so that it has time to make the link) etrn /address=mail.myisp.net /port=SMTP /ehlo=mail.mydomain.co.uk /etrn="@mydomain.co.uk, @mynextdomain.com" /auto /min Then disconnect the ras connection and you should be in business /address=<mail server> Address of mail server to send ETRN command to /port=<port> Port to send command to. Usually SMTP (25) /ehlo=<domain> EHLO command argument (identification domain) /etrn=<domain list> ETRN command argument (domains to run queue for) /auto If specified, run ETRN when etrn.exe started /min If specified, run etrn.exe in a minimized window You can download etrn here http://www.magpage.com/magpage/helpdesk/etrn.exe Hope this is what you are looking for. Cheers Simon -----Original Message----- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 02:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Ok, ok, I give After being PUMMELED this week over the POP connector stuff, I have finally pushed my ISP into moving my email to a server that will handle ETRN. So, here's the new question. What is the exact recommended process to configure an NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange 5.5 SP4+ server with ETRN as the 2nd mail pull. In other words, mail is currently being sent to mail.domain.com via SMTP, do you have set up a scheduler to pull the mail or how does it work. 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